From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 21:38:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5FF71065672 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB87C8FC12 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A014264D047 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:20:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LOVAROTjjvQU for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:20:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.46.106] (unknown [64.122.64.171]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3099E264D046 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:20:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Ryan Coleman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:20:15 -0500 Message-Id: <0A2B2795-F241-4759-9DFD-37146AB3AB6D@cwis.biz> To: FreeBSD Mailing List Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Subject: Extending pw(8) username limit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:38:06 -0000 I have a special situation where I'd like to do either = first.last_somedomain.com or first.last@somedomain.com but the former is = rejected due to length and the latter due to the "@" by pw(8). How do I extend this from 16 chars to 32 or 64? I have been finding it = difficult to find explicit details on this. Thanks, Ryan