Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 00:40:47 -0800 From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org> To: Chris Phillips <chris@selkie.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long User name problem Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000309003701.025ca8f0@mail.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000308232830.00aa8550@shell.selkie.org> References: <4.2.0.58.20000308230156.023807d0@mail.cpl.net> <38C73874.EB136CF7@gorean.org> <4.2.0.58.20000308140036.02474be8@mail.cpl.net>
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At 11:28 PM 3/8/2000 -0800, Chris Phillips wrote: >At 11:12 PM 3/8/00 -0800, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > >At 09:36 PM 3/8/2000 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > >>Shawn Ramsey wrote: > >> > > >> > I am having trouble with long user names. I am able to add users with >up to > >> > 16 chars (3.4-STABLE) > >> > >> How did you add them? > > > >With adduser, and I tried manually. Putting user in /etc/master.passwd, > >creating directory. > > > > > >If you must add a user manually, use vipw. Yes, this is what I did. It still does not work if the user is longer than 8 characters. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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