From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 21:53:33 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 329A1106567C for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:53:33 +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 E9C768FC0A for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C69264D053; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:54:02 -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 otU18LZdZTlQ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:53:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.46.106] (unknown [64.122.64.171]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC625264D051; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:53:46 -0500 (CDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <77C43A57-8CB3-463F-8B91-2094A37CF4F3@mac.com> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:53:15 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <75F447FF-A438-4A03-925F-7BE148311252@cwis.biz> References: <0A2B2795-F241-4759-9DFD-37146AB3AB6D@cwis.biz> <77C43A57-8CB3-463F-8B91-2094A37CF4F3@mac.com> To: Chuck Swiger X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: 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 21:53:33 -0000 I already run 10 domains worth of emails here, I would prefer to avoid = adding anything that will screw with already functioning accounts... But maybe there's an option on Dovecot to reroute specific username = requests to masquerade that... I'll check that out tomorrow. Thanks. On Apr 14, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Apr 14, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> 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). >>=20 >> How do I extend this from 16 chars to 32 or 64? I have been finding = it difficult to find explicit details on this. >=20 >> =46rom prior experience, your users are going to loathe ("hate" isn't = strong enough) 16+ character usernames. >=20 > If the problem is that you want to setup email aliases mapping (eg) = charles.swiger, charles_swiger, chuck.swiger, etc, etc to cswiger, the = mail aliases file supports that just fine. And if you want to support = users in multiple domains, the /etc/passwd database is just not the = place to do it. Consider SASL, LDAP, or even NIS+; and SASL in = particular integrates very smoothly with multi-domain email via Cyrus, = Dovecot, etc. >=20 > Regards, > --=20 > -Chuck >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"