From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 26 7:51:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.netsys.hn (unknown [206.48.255.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358BC14EDA; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:51:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@netsys.hn) Received: from [206.48.255.64] (dedicated.netsys.hn [206.48.255.64]) by mail.netsys.hn (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA19504; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:52:25 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199902261552.JAA19504@mail.netsys.hn> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-release@freebsd.org" Subject: Usernames longer than 8 characters? Date: Fri, 26 Feb 99 09:52:20 -0500 From: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: E-Mail Connection v2.5.03 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -- [ From: FreeBSD Questions * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Hello, I have FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE. That version allows me to put usernames no longer than 8 characters. Now with the new versions of FreeBSD I can have as many as you need. I saw the "Make your own World" upgrading tutorial and I got scared. My server is the authentication server for my 1500 clients and mistaking would be fatal. There is another way of upgrading that part of usernames longer than 8 charac. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message