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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
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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