Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 18:06:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: Rob Miracle <rwm@MPGN.COM>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970921180522.3677B-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <7190.874890216@orion.webspan.net>
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On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Gary Palmer wrote: > Tom wrote in message ID > <Pine.BSF.3.96.970919141426.20289A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>: > > Really useful? Like who has over 65,000 users in /etc/passwd anyhow? > > root@mail0:/# wc -l /etc/passwd > 274200 /etc/passwd > > ahem > > Unfortunately not a FreeBSD box ... I don't think there are any PC's > with the sort of hardware that machine needs (8 processors, 2gigs ram, > etc) And I really doubt that you're limited to 8 characters usernames on such a system. > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > Tom
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