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Date:      Wed, 08 Mar 2000 23:28:30 -0800
From:      Chris Phillips <chris@selkie.org>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Long User name problem
Message-ID:  <3.0.6.32.20000308232830.00aa8550@shell.selkie.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20000308230156.023807d0@mail.cpl.net>
References:  <38C73874.EB136CF7@gorean.org> <4.2.0.58.20000308140036.02474be8@mail.cpl.net>

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At 11:12 PM 3/8/00 -0800, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
>At 09:36 PM 3/8/2000 -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>>Shawn Ramsey wrote:
>> >
>> > I am having trouble with long user names. I am able to add users with
up to
>> > 16 chars (3.4-STABLE)
>>
>>         How did you add them?
>
>With adduser, and I tried manually. Putting user in /etc/master.passwd, 
>creating directory.
>
>

If you must add a user manually, use vipw.

-Chris Phillips




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