Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 21:50:56 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Rob Miracle <rwm@MPGN.COM>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5? Message-ID: <23205.874893056@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Sep 1997 18:06:24 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970921180522.3677B-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
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Tom wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.96.970921180522.3677B-100000@shell.uniserve.com>: > > root@mail0:/# wc -l /etc/passwd > > 274200 /etc/passwd > And I really doubt that you're limited to 8 characters usernames on such > a system. Our systems were not upgraded to handle more than 8 char logins until relatively recently (i.e. last month or so). What chanes were needed is unknown as I wasn't involved. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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