Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:45:42 -0500 From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> To: Andy Kohtz <andrew@kohtz.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usernames longer than 8 characters Message-ID: <19990301144542.A18916@palomine.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011231070.13246-100000@kohtz.com>; from Andy Kohtz on Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 12:41:27PM -0700 References: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011231070.13246-100000@kohtz.com>
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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
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