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Date:      Fri, 3 Apr 1998 23:57:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mike <mike@seidata.com>
To:        Steven Fletcher <ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 8 char username limitations
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980403234944.20841A-100000@seidata.com>
In-Reply-To: <3529de82.72495505@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>

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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Steven Fletcher wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can allow usernames longer than 8 chars?

I suppose you could create the accounts with valid 8char ids and then
setup /etc/virtusertable to allow all of the >8char ids to work.  So if
you setup a valid account called 'user' and you want mail sent to
'superlongusername' to go to the 'user' account, you would put the
following in /etc/virtusertable:

superlongusername@yourdomain	user@yourdomain

Then you would just do a 'makemap hash /etc/virtusertable <
/etc/virtusertable' to create a .db file for sendmail.  You may need to
restart the sendmail daemon for the changes to take affect.

Just an idea...  and I'm sure you'll get 10-20 more that are better before
this reaches you...  that's the beauty of this list. :)

---
 Mike Hoskins                           Kettering University
 SEI Data Network Services, Inc.        CS/CE Dual-Major Program
 mike@seidata.com                       hosk0094@kettering.edu
 http://www.seidata.com                 http://www.kettering.edu



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