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From: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com>
To: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
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Subject: Re: long (16 character) usernames.
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:16:18 -0700
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I allow my users to use up to the 16 character limit and have not had any problems to date. They do
everything from FTP to email. I also here that the 16 character limit can be hacked somehow to make
it more, but I just haven't cared enough to try it.

Jeremy Buckner

----- Original Message -----
From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
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Subject: long (16 character) usernames.


> Since we finally got rid of our last Solaris box, I've been considering
> permitting our users to be able to use longer than 8 character names -
> specifically up to the 16 character FreeBSD default.
>
> Has anyone else on here tried this?   What problems did you run in to?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE
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