From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Mar 1 11:46: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from shemp.palomine.net (shemp.palomine.net [205.198.88.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B14515399 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:46:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjohnson@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 18930 invoked by uid 1000); 1 Mar 1999 19:45:42 -0000 Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:45:42 -0500 From: Chris Johnson To: Andy Kohtz Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usernames longer than 8 characters Message-ID: <19990301144542.A18916@palomine.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Andy Kohtz on Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 12:41:27PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 12:41:27PM -0700, Andy Kohtz wrote: > Hello fellow FreeBSD junkies, > > The new company I have started to work for wants me to convert > their existing internet e-mail system to a UNIX (FreeBSD was my choice of > course) system running sendmail. Their current e-mail software (please > don't laugh) is AIMS, the Apple Internet Mail Server, running on a > Macintosh. AIMS supports usernames in excess of 8 characters. > > My problem is that there are a heck of a lot of people who are > using usernames longer than 8 characters in their pop account settings for > their e-mail programs. > > Is there a way I can make FreeBSD (or any UNIX in general) > understand usernames longer than 8 characters so the system can remain > backwords compatible, or am I going to experience hell when I make this > change? What version of FreeBSD are you using? FreeBSD 3.1 supports user names longer (I don't know offhand exactly how long) than eight characters. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message