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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!scws36.harvard.edu!itsymbal From: itsymbal@scws36.harvard.edu (Sir Ilya) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: [Q] username length limit: getting around it Date: 12 May 1995 18:55:30 GMT Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3p0av2$edf@decaxp.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: scws36.harvard.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) There seems to be a limit on how long a username can be. For example, I can adduser webadmin and it works just fine, but not with a name like webmaster. Is there a way to get around this? Thanks, Ilya -- Ilya Tsymbal '96 Harvard U, Quincy House. itsymbal@husc.harvard.edu http://itsymbal.student.harvard.edu/ilya