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RE: User id format

I got a reply back on my case:
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... IBM i user names and group names returned by runtime functions such as getpwuid and getgrgid are normally limited to 8 characters (to avoid exceeding the amount of buffer space provided by some AIX utilities and runtime). You can allow the system to return user profile names longer than 8 characters by setting IBM PASE for i environment variable PASE_USRGRP_LIMITED to N.

ADDENVVAR ENVVAR(PASE_USRGRP_LIMITED) VALUE('N') LEVEL(*SYS)

For example if you are setting up ssh/sftp on the IBM i system, you will need to add this environment variable in order to use more than 8 characters for the user profiles.
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Rob Berendt

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