Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 20:01:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> To: charlespeters@tecpro.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long Login ID's Message-ID: <199806050001.UAA04460@nwalme.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <199806041741.NAA13074@ais.ais-gwd.com> from "Charles A. Peters" at "Jun 4, 98 01:41:00 pm"
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> Is it possible to activate/allow long login names. > > I am setting up an email server, and would like to allow up to about > 15 characters as an email name (ie. my email address is > charlespeters@tecpro.com ... charlespeters is 13 characters). > > What about an email name with a period between the first and last > names (ie. charles.peters@tecpro.com). > > Where can I find out info on setting something like this up. Either the FAQ answer this. It's very easy to change the maximum number of charecter in a username, do a make world, and *break your system*. The thing is, that many system utilities that come with FreeBSD automatically assume 8 charecters in a username. The workaround for what you're doing is this. Create username with eight (8) charecters, and make aliases to them with longer name in /etc/aliases. > > Thanks in advance. > > Charles > > > > charlespeters@tecpro.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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