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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 1999 05:11:38 -0300 (EST)
From:      Aldrin L <aldrin@americasnet.com>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        "Paul D. Schmidt" <pds@uberhacker.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /etc/passwd limits
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904070510520.289-100000@athome.logicStudios.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990407005735.00ab3d70@mail-r>

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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Ludwig Pummer wrote:

> The 8 character limit is only in pre-3.x FreeBSDs. 3.x and above default to
> 16-character limits on usernames. It's possible to change this to 24 or
> something higher by modifying a few header files (this was discussed in
> -questions or -stable a few weeks ago).

	Hm... this answers my doubt why. Well, i'm on 2.2.8-RELEASE. :]

	Thanks for your explanation. :]

	done, Aldrin Leal <aldrin@americasnet.com>.



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