Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 23:25:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: John Robert LoVerso <john@loverso.southborough.ma.us>, Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>, Studded <Studded@dal.net>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970921231850.5076C-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <24763.874893252@orion.webspan.net>
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On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Gary Palmer wrote: > John Robert LoVerso wrote in message ID > <199709210325.XAA14160@loverso.southborough.ma.us>: > > The set of valid characters in usernames have nothing to do with what an > > Internet RFC covers. > > It does have relevance if you want them to get mail, or other such > useful functions. Hardly. The set of all possible legal unix usernames is only a small subset of the set of all possible RFC 821 local-parts. RFC 821 basically allows, given the right quoting, every possible ASCII character. So who want to allow whitepace in usernames? :) > 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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