Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:50:56 -0500 (EST) From: Chris <chris@exit109.com> To: Andy Kohtz <andrew@kohtz.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: usernames longer than 8 characters Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990301144928.3431A-100000@firestorm.exit109.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903011231070.13246-100000@kohtz.com>
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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 O'Hara Network/Systems Administration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Atlantic Internet Technologies 628 Shrewsbury Ave. Red Bank, NJ 07701 Web Hosting/Design, Dialup, Co-Location http://www.exit109.com On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Andy Kohtz wrote: > Hello fellow FreeBSD junkies, > > The new company I have started to work for wants me to convert > their existing internet e-mail system to a UNIX (FreeBSD was my choice of > course) system running sendmail. Their current e-mail software (please > don't laugh) is AIMS, the Apple Internet Mail Server, running on a > Macintosh. AIMS supports usernames in excess of 8 characters. > > My problem is that there are a heck of a lot of people who are > using usernames longer than 8 characters in their pop account settings for > their e-mail programs. > > Is there a way I can make FreeBSD (or any UNIX in general) > understand usernames longer than 8 characters so the system can remain > backwords compatible, or am I going to experience hell when I make this > change? > > If anyone has any suggestions or has faced a similar situation I > would greatly appreciate your imput. > > Thank you in advance. :-) > > - 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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