# Protection Service

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## [About the Protection Service category](https://forum.auristor.com/t/about-the-protection-service-category/24)

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**Author:** [@sysadmin](https://forum.auristor.com/u/sysadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/about-the-protection-service-category/24 "2024-07-17T15:42:12Z")

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Use this category to discuss the installation, configuration and usage of the AuriStorFS Protection Service. The Protection Service maintains user name-to-id mappings, group name-to-id mappings, and group membership in…

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## [Are there any limits on the number of characters when creating users/groups?](https://forum.auristor.com/t/are-there-any-limits-on-the-number-of-characters-when-creating-users-groups/52)

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**Author:** [@jaltman](https://forum.auristor.com/u/jaltman)\
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**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/are-there-any-limits-on-the-number-of-characters-when-creating-users-groups/52 "2025-06-13T16:08:39Z")

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The AuriStorFS Protection Service as of v2021.05-30 has the following naming limits: user name and group names cannot be longer than 63 characters user names cannot include either ':' (colon) or '\\n' (newline) all n…