Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:35:28 -0800 (PST) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: username sizes character limits. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971030170749.2746A-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <TCPSMTP.17.10.30.-15.0.26.3047923923.3138@bbs.dcoisp.net>
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> Hello again everyone. > Someone who asked me to possibley host their website, had a question > that I really didn't know the entire answer too. I am hoping that > someone more experienced than myself might be able to clear something up > for me. > This person wants to move their website to my host. They informed me > that on the site they are currently on, they are using twc-online as > their user name. I found this a bit strange for a number of reasons. > First, the standard unix limit for user names is 8 characters. Of > course, twc-online is 10 characters. I then learned that if one changes > UT_NAMESIZE in /usr/include/utmp.h this limit can be overridden. But, I > have also been reading that this is not a good idea, due to certain You can also have a login id, and e-mail address. They arnt necesarily the same. Sendmail can be hacked to do "Virtual Domains" or whatever you want to call it. I don't know what the limit is on characters, but it definitly isnt 8.
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