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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Brook Harty wrote:

> Where can i get some information on these Long Usernames, my linux box 
> comes with this installed.

If you're really hurting for this and the machine you're using isn't
system-critical, consider running -CURRENT which has this support in.  The
trick is finding applications that have a hardwired userlength value and
fixing them.  

Information on obtaining current is in the Handbook.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major