Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 05:11:38 -0300 (EST) From: Aldrin L <aldrin@americasnet.com> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Cc: "Paul D. Schmidt" <pds@uberhacker.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/passwd limits Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904070510520.289-100000@athome.logicStudios.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990407005735.00ab3d70@mail-r>
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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > 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). Hm... this answers my doubt why. Well, i'm on 2.2.8-RELEASE. :] Thanks for your explanation. :] done, Aldrin Leal <aldrin@americasnet.com>. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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