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Date:      Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:36:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        help_me@sapphire.rajabhat.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to use ID login more than 8 Character?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809221336070.29981-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <360769BD.4F98B71D@sapphire.rajabhat.edu>

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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, root wrote:

> I 'm very happy to use FreeBSD but I have any question about login name.
> When I see many websites. I don't know why they can use login name more
> than 8 character but i can't do on my FreeBSD system. Please tell me
> that how can i do that.

They use a separate authentication database from the standard password
file.  If you want to have longer than 8 character login usernames, you'll
have to wait for 3.0.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org


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