Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:17:08 +0100 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd@netsys.hn> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Usernames longer than 8 characters? Message-ID: <4.1.19990226171154.00980df0@194.184.65.4> In-Reply-To: <199902261552.JAA19504@mail.netsys.hn>
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At 09.52 26/02/99 -0500, you wrote: >I have FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE. That version allows me to put usernames no >longer than 8 characters. Now with the new versions of FreeBSD I can have as >many as you need. > >I saw the "Make your own World" upgrading tutorial and I got scared. My >server is the authentication server for my 1500 clients and mistaking would >be fatal. > >There is another way of upgrading that part of usernames longer than 8 >charac. Uhm... yes there is but it is not more than an hack. And you can have incompatibilities with some programs. So beware. I think the upgrade is the better solution. Also a more better solution is to prepare another HD with FreeBSD 3.1 on it and the migrate only the necessary files. Then a quick swap can solve all your problems. I know it is an expensive solution, but perhaps it the only way to do things without having troubles at all. Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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