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To: Tushar Patel <tushar@ecpi.com>
cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Login name longer then 8 character? 
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org>
Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org>
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 May 1996 20:32:29 -0000."
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Hi, Reference:
> From: Tushar Patel <tushar@ecpi.com> 
> Subject: Re: Login name longer then 8 character? 
> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 20:32:29 +0000 () 
> Message-id: <199605152032.UAA13583@ecpi.com> 
>
> Hi,
> 
> How can I setup user login name larger than 8 characters?
>  "adduser" script does not allow me to enter a name larger
> than 8 characters.

Perhaps whoever wrote the adduser 8 char limit knew there are or
at least were also passwd 8 char limits in FreeBSD,
  (as to version I can't tell you, but I did hit such a limit a few months
  back, on a machine kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de knows of)

so before you read & change the source to adduser,
go & do some direct tests with passwd etc.

> What do I need to do to incorporate names
> larger than 8 characters.
> 
> Do I need to do anything in the sendmail?
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Thanks
> Tushar
> 
Julian
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