From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 15 06:04:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA06536 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 06:04:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nimbus.superior.net (nimbus.superior.net [206.153.96.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA06510 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 06:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from exidor@localhost) by nimbus.superior.net (8.7.6/8.7.5) id JAA25774; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:03:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199610151303.JAA25774@nimbus.superior.net> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:03:24 -0400 From: exidor@nimbus.superior.net (Christopher Masto) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org (Chat) Subject: Re: 8 character login limit?! In-Reply-To: ; from Branson Matheson on Oct 15, 1996 07:32:23 -0400 References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.47 Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Branson Matheson writes: > GRRRRR... Here we go again... instead of saying there is too much the > will need to be fixed to make this available... lets say, what is > broken, chmod in this case, fix it and apply a change to the source > tree. This question will CONTINUE to come up as more and more people > use our product. We should not alienate those who want this feature > just because it will break things.. lets fix the problem. It will break things every day for the rest of your life. It can't be "fixed" unless you think you can track down every Unix program someone might want to use that tries to stick a user name in an 8-character space. -- / Christopher Masto \ / Superior Net Services \ / Your vote counts \ | exidor@superior.net | | $24.95/month unlimited use | | Support free speech | \ Programmer/Tech / \ http://www.superior.net/ / \ HappyNet for all /