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Arbitrary Real Name minimum length limit refuses valid names
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Description

Attempting to enter a valid Real Name less than 5 characters long results in:

$ gpg --edit "XXXX TJ"
Command> adduid
Real name: TJ
Name must be at least 5 characters long

I think this limit should be lowered to 2 characters as there does not seem to
be a technical reason for having names with 5 chars minimum.

Event Timeline

andreas.moog_warperbbs.de set External Link to https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/+bug/161002.Aug 31 2008, 12:20 AM
andreas.moog_warperbbs.de set Version to 1.4.9.
werner added a subscriber: werner.

No, we don't want to do that. If you do not like this use the option:
--allow-freeform-uid

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