Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 00:48:33 -0500 (EST) From: bugs@warlock.win.net (Mark Hittinger) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Usernames > 8 chars Message-ID: <9501250548.AA00494@warlock.win.net>
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Hi - I am in the process of converting some machines to FreeBSD platforms. Having a bunch of fun but among the little annoyances was the discovery that FreeBSD limits usernames to 8 characters. The machines that I am converting are in some cases using 9 and 10 character usernames. I've hunted down all the modules that I think I need to change. Some of the symbols are like "UT_NAMESIZE" ect. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me about what I might break if I proceed to stretch this field out two more bytes? :-) As part of the "less limits" nature of the BSD4.4 I am surprised that this one is still there. I know that various other ancient warez such as uucp ect may have trouble with longer usernames but the installed base seems to accept up to 10. thanks mark.h bugs@win.net
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