From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 27 10:38:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21662 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:38:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shemp.palomine.net (shemp.palomine.net [205.198.88.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA21651 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:38:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjohnson@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 2738 invoked by uid 1000); 27 Jan 1999 18:38:36 -0000 Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:38:36 -0500 From: Chris Johnson To: FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to configure long usernames. Message-ID: <19990127133836.B2683@palomine.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from FreeBSD on Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:53:09AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:53:09AM -0700, FreeBSD wrote: > > Hi, > > I just install the 3.0-RELEASE and I know that it is possible to use > logins or usernames with more than 8 characters, but I dont find any > directive in how to do it. This is no "how to do it." Just add users in the same way you used to, the difference being that now you aren't restricted to 8-character user names. I'm not certain what the limit is now, but there's nothing to enable or configure in order to take advantage of it. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message