Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 10:38:55 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Adam David <adam@veda.is>, Jacob Suter <jsuter@linus.intrastar.net>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: longer usernames Message-ID: <19970413103855.23362@usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <11156.860882081@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sat Apr 12 14:54:41 EST 1997 References: <199704121744.RAA26331@veda.is> <11156.860882081@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sat Apr 12 14:54:41 EST 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > > It would appear it support 16 charector limits right now on my stock > > > 2.2.1r boxes. I haven't tested it though. > > > > Would someone please tell me how to enable 16-char logins on stock 2.2.1R, > > much appreciated. > > Use the search tool, Luke! :-) And cvs log entries. There were a few other subtle changes that have leaked through since. FWIW, FreeBSD-current supports *15* character login names, not 16. In addition to the headers, there was a problem with the 'proc' struct in the kernel (setlogin(), I think) and a few userland changes involved as well where the size was assumed to be 8. The only unresolved problem I know about is in libskey, which currently truncates the size of the username to significant characters [skeylogin.c]. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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