Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 13:13:18 -0700 (MST) From: Andy Kohtz <andrew@kohtz.com> To: Chris <chris@exit109.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: usernames longer than 8 characters Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011306340.13257-100000@kohtz.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990301144928.3431A-100000@firestorm.exit109.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Chris wrote: > Andy- > > It looks like, on a FreeBSD 3.1-Release box, you can create usernames as > long as 16 characters... :) > > This is such a joy for me, since we had to hack around 2.2.5 source to > allow 11 characters :/ what a bitch.. :) > Chris, and everyone, The box will in fact be a 3.1-Release system. I remember hearing about so many of the nightmares that people had to use the hacks to make it allow longer than 8 characters on 2.2.x systems. I didn't even think to look if 3.1 had solved the problem altogether. I guess it just gives me another reason that my favorite OS just got better. :-) Thank you for your responses. - Andrew Kohtz - akohtz@amug.org - andrew@kohtz.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011306340.13257-100000>