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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!daver From: daver@wpi.WPI.EDU (Dave Costantino) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: >8 Character Login Names Date: 14 Nov 1996 01:50:11 GMT Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 15 Message-ID: <slrn458kumj.89u.daver@wpi.WPI.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.4) Hi... Anyone know what needs to be done to allow FreeBSD to support login names greater than 8 characters in length? My intuiton tells me I need to locate a few #defines in some header files and recompile everything, but I'm afraid it might be more involved. I need to do this because I'm helping with the conversion of a mail server from an older system (with <=12 character login names) to a FreeBSD machine. Any suggestions? Thanks... -dave daver@wpi.edu