From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Sep 20 00:46:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA26779 for stable-outgoing; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.uniserve.com (dns1-van.uniserve.com [204.244.163.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA26760 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:45:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell.uniserve.com [204.244.210.252] by mail.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.70 #1) id 0xCKEa-0004bV-00; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:45:44 -0700 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom To: "John T. Farmer" 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? In-Reply-To: <199709200744.DAA28038@sabre.goldsword.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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