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From: Dennis Lee <dtlee@mnl.cyb-live.com>
To: jack <jack@xtalwind.net>
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Subject: Re: userbase and password porting
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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, jack wrote:

> With DES on the Free box the password field is no problem.  It's the >8
> character user names in BSDI that's the biggest gotcha. :(

thanks... is there a way around with the 8 characters limitation of 
FreeBSD login names ? Any patches ? Thanks.

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