Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 16:19:23 -0700 (MST) From: Ryan Mooney <ryan@pcslink.com> To: andrew@kohtz.com (Andy Kohtz) Cc: carol@tinker.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: usernames longer than 8 characters Message-ID: <199903012319.QAA18818@pcslink.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011550130.13394-100000@kohtz.com> from Andy Kohtz at "Mar 1, 99 04:01:53 pm"
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> Carol, > > On FreeBSD 3.1-Release, where the system is able to handle up > to 16 characters for the username, is qpopper able to use larger than 8 > without the pop virtuser patch mentioned below? Risking stepping in on people here :) Yes. In fact I was running a (statically linked) version I compiled on BSDI for about a year that supported long user names (that and my statically linked radiusd saved my butt when I switched from bsdi to fbsd :), of course I had to manually edit the passwd file (vipw) to change those users which sucked. The limitation is in the getpwent() call not the popper daemon. Go to 3.1-RELEASE :) > I actually intend to use the virtusertable for this system. AIMS > has so many problems with it, and no real support for virtual hosts. > Which brings me to a new question, if I may be so bold. I have > only setup sendmail on my second favorite OS, Solaris. Is the 'hash' > method any different than the 'dbm' format that I'm used to setting up on > Solaris? If so, are there any suggestions or warnings before I dive in? Not really, you just call makemap with a different option (hash instead of dbm). Oh and you have to make sure your sendmail.cf file references hash instead of dbm (like: Kvirthost hash /etc/sendmail/virthost or whatever). The M4 macro's allow you to specify the type like: FEATURE(`virtusertable', `hash /etc/virtusertable')dnl (Don't ask me about M4 I currently just edit the .cf file, I'll do M4 at the "next big upgrade"(TM) now that most of the features I need are standard, the rest I'll turn into macro's - but I ain't done it yet :). >-=-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-=-< Ryan Mooney Phone (602)265-9188 PCSLink ryan@pcslink.com Internet Services NT is an excellent choice for managers who need to show that they used up their fiscal year budget for hardware/software expenditures. <-=-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-=-> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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