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authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-03 23:50:55 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-03 23:50:55 +0000
commitb51638da3718df1e5b9612ee47dd0c8bbe799d98 (patch)
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parent3d43c6e0157458329a68e6110354ab0f2192cd91 (diff)
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Remove words about lower limit needed (from BUGS section), we have
precise limit now
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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/getlogin.27
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2
index 56cef8a..a087bda5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ The caller tried to set the login name and was not the super-user.
.Xr setsid 2 ,
.Xr daemon 3
.Sh BUGS
-Login names are limited in length by
-.Fn setlogin .
-However, lower limits are placed on login names elsewhere in the system
-.Pf ( Dv UT_NAMESIZE
-in
-.Ao Pa utmp.h Ac ) .
-.Pp
In earlier versions of the system,
.Fn getlogin
failed unless the process was associated with a login terminal.
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