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Date:      Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:57:58 +0300
From:      "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Login Max Chr?
Message-ID:  <cb5206420510311157q17405c75t3bbb2a10959a2a91@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <436666F5.1010608@calarts.edu>
References:  <436666F5.1010608@calarts.edu>

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On 10/31/05, Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> wrote:
> I am running FreeBSD 5.4
>
> Is there a way to change the eight character login length to allow more
> characters?
>
> The reason is I would like to do first initial last name for the login.
> However some last names are longer than eight characters.  It would also
> work well for email addresses on the server.
>
> Thanks
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I thought it was 16 characters:

sat64# cat /etc/passwd | grep 123
1234567890123456:*:1005:1005:123:/home/1234567890123456:/bin/sh



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