Re: (PM) arg.. >8 char usernames

Matthew D. Fuller (fullermd@futuresouth.com)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:47:58 -0600

On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:38:38PM -1000, a little birdie told me
that I don't work for Lucent RABU remarked
> On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Scott Rothgaber wrote:
>
> I believe the 3.x builds of FreeBSD have greater than 8 character
> usernames, if I remember reading on another list, with the 2.x builds
> limited to 8 chars.

Note that you CAN use 2.2.x (and possibly earlier 2.x'en) with >8 char if
you're not afraid to do some big compiles. We track the 2.2 branch here
for most machines, and we run with 16 char usernames. You have to adjust
a few constants in a few header files, and remake the world (in less than
7 days, no less).

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