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Message-ID: <32853CA1.4AE2@wsg.net> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 21:23:29 -0500 From: "David M. Fogarty" <chaos@wsg.net> Reply-To: chaos@wsg.net Organization: Web Services Group, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc To: Jimmy Tsang <jimmyt@beta> Subject: Re: Login name for FreeBSD References: <55uv2v$6d4@news.resolink.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.97.122.160 Lines: 46 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pull-feed.internetmci.com!ns2.wsg.net!206.97.122.160 Jimmy Tsang wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anyone know how to make the login name longer than > 8 characters? > > Thanks in advance > Jimmy Tsang > In another post on a different topic I found this. I haven't tried it but since it came from Jordan I'd assume it works great. Good luck!! > > 2. More than a few have user names longer than 8 characters, I have read > > where you can recompile the kernel to allow for user names greater in > > You need to change UT_NAMESIZE in /usr/src/include/utmp.h and MAXLOGNAME > in /usr/src/sys/sys/param.h, then do a `make world' in /usr/src before > bringing the machine into service. Then populate your password file and > open the gates. > -- > - Jordan Hubbard > President, FreeBSD Project -Dave -- ~|~|_ _ | _ _ _| _ |` /~`|_ _ _ _ | | |(/_ |_(_)| (_| (_)~|~ \_,| |(_((_)_\ Ever been to the Realm of Chaos? Check it out!! http://www.wsg.net/~chaos | chaos@wsg.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzI+5/MAAAEEANEJ4sCRrHa/FmG/wmv2ngA//BDrsq7VbiyQQRUGu8UDEOL4 JuKdxEIZf+8w7e38Sy4sBzRHdUbW2+O66i0GfQ1l1fDadrmxmyjUjt9OYgoeLRa4 4eFa9H8pt9TJefFPc+xFckYUTNoIq/wFfulfRHoFSSC+AAOQ//zPtXxt0x0BAAUR tCBEYXZpZCBNLiBGb2dhcnR5IDxjaGFvc0B3c2cubmV0PokAlQMFEDJAa2H8z7V8 bdMdAQEB6fkEAL72UBqn2Y8r99pEQJKIiHrS2ln6TpFEgVqqfYLgVBIxMND1zQCX hJ5jV9Sh4KnZhUxUA/RQ4UwH1DZQiOz8ylg/XaEBTlykOSYAvEsvOHMYshrKXVRU MmPUFYTpoNoMGw/wUovarA/hJ0P+jqC72U2atTVR9D+WMiH+li8cFa+FtB9EYXZp ZCBNLiBGb2dhcnR5IDxkYXZlQHRiZS5uZXQ+ =7twh -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----