https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/username-characters-limit/m-p/1250295#M126153 <P>What is the character limit for usernames created in Panorama and Pan-OS NGFWs?&nbsp;</P> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:01:58 GMT A.Rolle 2026-03-16T21:01:58Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/username-characters-limit/m-p/1250295#M126153 <P>What is the character limit for usernames created in Panorama and Pan-OS NGFWs?&nbsp;</P> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:01:58 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/username-characters-limit/m-p/1250295#M126153 A.Rolle 2026-03-16T21:01:58Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/username-characters-limit/m-p/1250299#M126154 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1654483037">@A.Rolle</a>&nbsp;,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>For locally created administrator accounts, Panorama supports usernames up to 15 characters, while PAN-OS NGFWs support usernames up to 31 characters. If you’re referring to local user database users on the firewall, those are also limited to 31 characters.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="admin.jpg" style="width: 715px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/70948iEA2F01EAD9ED1699/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="admin.jpg" alt="admin.jpg" /></span></P> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_0" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_1" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_2" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_3" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_4" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_5" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_6" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_7" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_8" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV id="tinyMceEditor_f7dfc283b39c9JayGolf_9" class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="localuser.jpg" style="width: 751px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/70947iCD878518591FABB0/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="localuser.jpg" alt="localuser.jpg" /></span></P> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:54:29 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/username-characters-limit/m-p/1250299#M126154 JayGolf 2026-03-16T21:54:29Z