From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 18 16:01:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03429 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:01:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03424 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:01:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.9.0/8.6.12) id TAA23198; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:00:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806182300.TAA23198@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8 character limit To: deuerl@bugsy.indra.de (Robert Deuerling) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:00:58 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199806182111.VAA22116@bugsy.indra.de> from Robert Deuerling at "Jun 18, 98 09:11:51 pm" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > > just another "silly" question... > > > in what places do i have to change something to enable username > with more than 8 characters ? Somwhere in the kernel. I'm not sure where. It is a *very* bad idea to allow usernames longer than 8 charecters because it may break many system utilities. This is in the FAQ. > > thx > -Robert > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) Love your enemies: they'll go crazy trying to figure out what you're up to FreeBSD Rules! Micro$oft Sucks! http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message