Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 15:48:58 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: bugs@ns1.win.net (Mark Hittinger) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd help (fwd) Message-ID: <199503072348.PAA26649@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199503072049.PAA01281@ns1.win.net> from "Mark Hittinger" at Mar 7, 95 03:49:41 pm
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> > > > > > >pritchet@scsn.net writes: > > > > > > Is there a way to make the username/password longer than 8 characters? I'd > > > like @ least 12. I'm using 2.0-release.... > > > > roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert) writes: > > > > The 8 chars limit came from DES. If you want to use longer passwords,you > > must not use the seperate securedist (US version) but only the builtin > > scheme which use MD5. Beware that when using the MD5 version, you're > > not compatible any more with the rest of the world... > > I think he really wanted longer usernames. Many Unix systems allow more than > 8 character user names. One of the systems I badly want to convert/trash/ > get-rid-of/burn/eliminate has 10 character user names. It is the last > SYSV era machine left here. > > I am almost done with the changes that I think need to be made for this. I > am blowing it out to 16 characters - why not live a little? Its FreeBSD! Why not blow it out to ``USERNAME_MAX'' so if someone wants to bump it beyond 16 they can? Also note that limits.h has: #define _POSIX_NAME_MAX 14 -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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