Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:16:46 +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: <cb5206420510311316g397aa08ci91b61e1656051080@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43667D41.2010505@calarts.edu> References: <436666F5.1010608@calarts.edu> <cb5206420510311157q17405c75t3bbb2a10959a2a91@mail.gmail.com> <43667D41.2010505@calarts.edu>
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On 10/31/05, Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> wrote: > Andrew P. wrote: > > 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 mor= e > >> 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 al= so > >> work well for email addresses on the server. > >> > >> Thanks > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebs= d.org" > >> > > > > I thought it was 16 characters: > > > > sat64# cat /etc/passwd | grep 123 > > 1234567890123456:*:1005:1005:123:/home/1234567890123456:/bin/sh > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" > > > > > is there any problems with using 16 characters with any applications or > do the applications don't care the login name length for example > That depends solely on the applications. Most newer ones will not show any problems.
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