Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 22:16:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@bigdipper.umd.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Username checking in ftp Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950223221324.19619A-100000@bigdipper.umd.edu>
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Hello all - In FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, I have a user named "voluntee". The username would have been "volunteer", but FreeBSD does not allow greater than 8 character user names. This isn't a big deal, however, since while logging in with telnet, the name "volunteer" works anyway, apparently ignoring the last character. FTP, however, when trying to log in as "volunteer" does not accept it. It will only work when logging in as "voluntee". Is this a bug or a feature? Also, is there any way around this? Thanks... -------------------------------------___--------------------------------- | Al Dhir, Programmer Analyst /___\ UMCP Ag-Engineering Dept | | Internet: adhir@bigdipper.umd.edu (o o) (301) 405-1197 | ---------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo-----------------------------help
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