Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:59:01 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, forrie@tiac.net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/6377 Message-ID: <19980422145901.A10643@rtfm.net> In-Reply-To: <199804212225.PAA02705@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 03:25:10PM -0700 References: <199804212225.PAA02705@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 03:25:10PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Synopsis: setlogin needs to be updated. > > State-Changed-From-To: open-closed > State-Changed-By: jkh > State-Changed-When: Tue Apr 21 15:24:19 PDT 1998 > State-Changed-Why: > This is not a bug - the maximum login name is very clearly 8 characters > in 2.2.6 - see UT_NAMESIZE in /usr/include/utmp.h. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message Have there been any problems with the 16-character usernames in -current? Isn't the philosophy to test it in -current and if there are no problems, to merge it into -stable? It's been in -current for quite a while; people keep saying "Real Admins(tm) use 8-char usernames and like it" but there's no reason to keep them from people who'd like them if they're not causing trouble. -- ________________ ____________________________ / Nathan Dorfman \/ "Nietzsche is dead." - God \ / nathan@rtfm.net \ finger for pgp key \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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