Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 13:11:50 GMT From: ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 8 char username limitations Message-ID: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>
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I think that I am writing to the correct group here, please correct me if not. I've been using sendmail 8.8.x on one of our FreeBSD (2.2.5-RELEASE) boxes for a few months now, and this box has been acting as a mail relay for a few of our "main" pickup and user send-out, WinNT machines. However, the software running on the NT machines is now struggling, and I've been asked to move all accounts from these to a BSD box, running popper. However, here comes a cosmetic problem.......... The NT machines have been acting as POP3 email servers for years now, with usernames such as "joebloggs-pickup". The idea is that we can simply swap the machine IP's over, and no-one's mail will need re-configuring (approx 160 users). Currently, I can't make such usernames, and I'm pretty sure that a hack here and there should fix that, but I'll need some pointers. Does anyone know how I can allow usernames longer than 8 chars? TIA, -Steven Fletcher (steven@shellnet.co.uk) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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