Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, jfarmer@goldsword.com, Studded@dal.net Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970920004233.22771C-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199709200744.DAA28038@sabre.goldsword.com>
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On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, John T. Farmer wrote: > I have to agree with Tom. My clients _don't_ want to hear "You can have > longer aliases but login names must be 8 charsacters or less." They > don't care how it's implemented, they don't want to have to think about > it. If it that important, make the change yourself. I've been doing this change since before 2.1. I think this is finally starting to annoy me enough to put together a release of 2.2-stable with longer usernames. > I know the core team is under pressure to to get 2.2.5 out the door, > but would it not be possible for one of the _several_ individuals > who have done the mods to their system to submit a patch kit to > the core team for testing & possible inclusion? Why? The changes are in -current NOW. You can make the changes too, see utmp.h, and param.h. I know them well, as I've patching them for 2+ years now! > John (Who's been there, booting the box out the door, > patching all the way...) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems > jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee > dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com > Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting > Tom
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