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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Username character limitation in passwd file. Date: 23 Jul 1996 16:13:57 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 10 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4t2q7l$ad@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4sqbt9$3gd@jerry.loop.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Cassandra M. Perkins (cassy@loop.com) wrote: : Does anyone know if the limitation of 7 characters for the username in the : passwd file can be modified. If so, please drop me a line. Don't you mean 8..... Read some of the recent discussions. This topic has just been flogged to death. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....