Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 01:00:13 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Aldrin L <aldrin@americasnet.com>, "Paul D. Schmidt" <pds@uberhacker.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/passwd limits Message-ID: <4.1.19990407005735.00ab3d70@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904070456270.289-100000@athome.logicStudios .org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904061659530.22560-100000@uberhacker.org>
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At 12:57 AM 4/7/99 , Aldrin L wrote: >On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Paul D. Schmidt wrote: > >> thanks :) > > Just a small mistake: FreeBSD, among other unixen, tries to limit >the userid to 8 chars. I don't know where this restriction came from, but >i think you should obey. The 8 character limit is only in pre-3.x FreeBSDs. 3.x and above default to 16-character limits on usernames. It's possible to change this to 24 or something higher by modifying a few header files (this was discussed in -questions or -stable a few weeks ago). --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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