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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:35:23 +0400
From:      Subbsd <subbsd@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Are there any plans to increase the username length?
Message-ID:  <CAFt_eMpXgykJsx7m8ZqrHm1f9HuKfBOHdxOG_58sz3E_A7wxNA@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi

Looks like FreeBSD one of the few modern OS which have the maximum
length of username less than 255.

Windows: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783323.aspx  (255)
Linux: getconf LOGIN_NAME_MAX = 256
MacOSX: getconf LOGIN_NAME_MAX = 255
FreeBSD: getconf LOGIN_NAME_MAX = 17

Any plan to catch up with other OSes?



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