Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:39:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Thad Smith <tsmith@sig.net> To: John Brown <jbrown@vafibre.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Username Alias Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970919083641.26274C-100000@austin.aus.sig.net> In-Reply-To: <199709181935.0000015F@intra.vafibre.com>
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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, John Brown wrote: > I want to allow my users to be able to use longer usernames but am limited > (as I was told earlier in this group). So is their a way to assign aliases > to user login names? Check out the file /etc/aliases. In this file you can create aliases under the format alias_name: user_name Where you decide the alias_name and point it to the user_name. You can alse do multiple user names (seperated by a ,) and some other cool stuff. After saving the file type 'newaliases' at the command prompt. Thad > (This may be a stupid question but I'm sure that I'm not the only FreeBSD > user that has had this need) > > Thanks > > > ___________________"We make the Internet work."___________________ Thad Smith tsmith@sig.net Technical Support helpdesk@sig.net SigNet Partners Inc. http://www.sig.net 512.306.0700 800.396.5158 fax: 512.306.0702 Tell us what you think; use the reply form at the address above! __________________________________________________________________
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