WOW!! i just tried it on my box and it took a name with 11 characters! when 
did this change take place?

At 08:07 AM 3/9/00 -0600, Rob Windsor wrote:
>Verily did mocha write:
>
> > can we do 8+ characters in usernames? i asked this back in .8 era, but 
> i've
> > not been paying attention. with our systems used for the public, they want
> > more than 8 characters.
>
>You can (i.e. "majordomo"), but the daily security script will whine about it.
>
>So far, I haven't seen a problem with it, otherwise.
>
>-- Rob
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