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Date:      Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:04:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Alex Helbig <alex@muse.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Increasing Login ID Length
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808120003400.28795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980810145932.00a7d830@ada.somerville.qld.edu.au>

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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Alex Helbig wrote:

> A quick search of the mail archives results in
> > What limits the length of user logins to 8 characters and how might this 
> > be changed? We need 15 or more.
> 
> Modify the header file and rebuild the world.
> 
> --------end snip
> 
> Q.  Which header files need to be modified in 2.2.7-RELEASE?

You don't want to do this.  It has larger ramifications than you may be
aware of.  Use -CURRENT if you really need long usernames.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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