[TS-420] TS fails to use user ID with user name longer than 8 characters

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.1, 2.1.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.3
• Component/s: Core

Environment

OpenSUSE Linux 11.3
Kernel 2.6.34-12 64-bit

• Assignee: Leif Hedstrom
• Reporter: Yakov Markovitch
• Created: 20/Aug/10 15:31
• Updated: 25/Jan/11 05:06
• Resolved: 27/Aug/10 16:58

Description

Attempt to configure proxy.config.admin.user_id with username of length longer than 8 characters causes TS to fail at startup. TS fails attempting to change uid using the first 8 characters of the username.

E.g. (from records.config):
CONFIG proxy.config.admin.user_id STRING bandersnatch

TS fails with message:
FATAL: Can't find entry in password file for user: bandersn