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Date:      Sat, 4 Apr 1998 00:08:03 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        opsys@mail.webspan.net (Open Systems Networking)
Cc:        ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 8 char username limitations
Message-ID:  <199804040008.RAA12396@usr06.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980403145105.29578B-100000@orion.webspan.net> from "Open Systems Networking" at Apr 3, 98 02:52:27 pm

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> Under the documentation link i believe.
> You can change the names to 16 characters but it breaks compatability with
> some services like NIS I think. But you can do it. Have a look in the
> handbook.

We have been running with 32 character names for some time now
(AppleTalk accounts).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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