vsftpd long username bug

Here’s a patched source RPM for the vsftpd package included with RHEL5. It fixes this bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486524

The bug limits user names to 32 characters. The patch raises the limit to 128 characters.

To build and install do:

You can download the patched source file here:

http://blogs.reliablepenguin.com/files/vsftpd-2.0.5-12longuser.src.rpm