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Subject: misc/4818: usernames are limited to 8 characters
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>Number:         4818
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       usernames are limited to 8 characters
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 20 16:40:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rich Morin
>Organization:
Canta Forda Computer Laboratory
>Release:        2.2.1
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebie 2.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Apr  1 11:51:00 GMT 1997     jkh@whisker.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
FreeBSD does not handle usernames of nine (9) characters or more.
For instance, a reference to ~jefraskin fails, even though the
password file and home directory both use this name.  In addition,
"ls -l" truncates the username to eight characters (e.g., jefraski).
>How-To-Repeat:
Set up an account whose username has 9 or more characters.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: