From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 26 8:10: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from scotty.masternet.it (scotty.masternet.it [194.184.65.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D0F14FBF for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:09:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gmarco@scotty.masternet.it) Received: from suzy (modem31.masternet.it [194.184.65.41]) by scotty.masternet.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA24725; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:08:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gmarco@scotty.masternet.it) Message-Id: <4.1.19990226171154.00980df0@194.184.65.4> X-Sender: gmarco@scotty.masternet.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:17:08 +0100 To: FreeBSD Questions From: Gianmarco Giovannelli Subject: Re: Usernames longer than 8 characters? Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199902261552.JAA19504@mail.netsys.hn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 09.52 26/02/99 -0500, you wrote: >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. Uhm... yes there is but it is not more than an hack. And you can have incompatibilities with some programs. So beware. I think the upgrade is the better solution. Also a more better solution is to prepare another HD with FreeBSD 3.1 on it and the migrate only the necessary files. Then a quick swap can solve all your problems. I know it is an expensive solution, but perhaps it the only way to do things without having troubles at all. Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message