Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 16:15:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> To: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>, Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, kajtzu@iug.org, erik@il.ft.hse.nl, questions@freebsd.org, Jos.Vissers@telebyte.NL, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User name length limit increase Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.961007161352.11878A-100000@sidhe.memra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961007155054.11272F-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com>
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On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Branson Matheson wrote: > On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > my.very.long.and.annoying.log.in.name.which.formats.poorly.in.w@freebsd.org > > > > % w > > 2:44PM up 62 days, 8:32, 1 user, load averages: 0.25, 0.14, 0.09 > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > > my.very.long.and.annoying.log.in.name.which.formats.poorly.in.w p1 freefall 08Aug96 3:32 w > > % > > > > Aside from the traditional "size" argument, I don't see anything that would > > prevent a site from doing this. ON THE OTHER HAND, I see no particularly > > good reason to implement it as default .. particularly with 64 characters. > > Agreed :-) 64 characters is a bit excessive.. but 32 would not be.. > for the same reason as that mail alias.... How about having the traditional 8 char limit on usernames but modify adduser to automatically prompt for an email alias when adding new users. Have the email alias automatically added to a userdb and have sendmail already configured to do lookups in this userdb. Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
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