Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:13:06 +1100 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long User name problem Message-ID: <00031213141301.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <38C8A12A.980AF60B@gorean.org>
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HEllo, I thought From FreeBSD 3.3 onwards it supported 16 characters in the username. I am wondering if you can show me the username you are having problems adding? looking forward to your feedback. dannyh dannyh@idx.comau On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > At 09:36 PM 3/8/2000 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > >Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > > > > > I am having trouble with long user names. I am able to add users with up to > > > > 16 chars (3.4-STABLE) > > > > > > How did you add them? > > > > With adduser, and I tried manually. Putting user in /etc/master.passwd, > > creating directory. > > Hmm... I just added a 16 character username to my 3.4-Stable system. I > can log in, do normal system functions, etc. who and w both show the > correct output, I can send mail, su, etc. > > Not sure what else to tell you... > > Doug > -- > "Welcome to the desert of the real." > > - Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, "The Matrix" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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