telnetd - login name 'srinivas' too long

[Ken Raeburn]

Srinivas Cheruku <csri at sonata-software.com> writes:
> I have installed krb5-1.2.3. When i try to connect to kerberized telnetd
> daemon running on another machine, it is giving error as given below.
> 
> $ ./telnet -a sonata-sparc.cybssl.com
> Trying 130.10.6.90...
> Connected to sonata-sparc.cybssl.com (130.10.6.90).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> [ Kerberos V5 accepts you as ``csri at SONHP3TEST.COM'' ]
> login name 'srinivas' too long
> login: Connection closed by foreign host.
> $
> 
> Previously, I was using krb5-1.2.2 and i used to login with the same userid.
> Is this changed in the newer version? may i know why this has been changed
> or is their any configuratuion setting to be done for this version for user
> id lengths??

Yes, there was a bugfix to login in 1.2.3, but it had an embarrassing
fencepost error causing 8-character usernames not to work.  Pick up
1.2.4 for the fix.

Ken