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From: "Engineer, 08.ZIYA" <shyone@constantchange.on.ca>
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To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
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Subject: Re: usernames greater than 8 characters
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On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Engineer, 08.ZIYA wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is there any way to increase the length of the login field of the 
> > password file to greater than 8 characters, or is it that pretty much the 
> > maximum possible? I'd like to be able to squeeze about 10 or even 12 in 
> > there (i'm assuming there is a good reason why adduser currently limits me 
> > to 8 chars by default).
> 
> YP (or was it NIS) is limited to 8 char, so to avoid breaking as soon as 
> that is installed, FreeBSD defaults to an 8 char max, though you can 
> increase it.  I can't find my email that mentioned how, so I'll let 
> someone else pipe up.
> 
cool... i don't plan to run NIS/YP in the near future, so this won't be a 
concern.

Thanks for letting me know that it is at least possible so i can 
add it to my to-do list.


-Mit


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