Subject: Re: misc/2668: login-names >8 chars make no fun
To: Neil J. McRae <neil@domino.org>
From: Tom T. Thai <tomthai@future.net>
List: current-users
Date: 08/19/1996 13:09:03
Does NetBSD currently support only 8 chars for login names?

On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Neil J. McRae wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:45:37 -0400 
>  Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yes this is true.
> > 
> > If i recall, BSDI defaults to allowing 16 character login names.  Is
> > there any reason we need to, by default, allow more?
> > 
> I think 16 is fine.
> 
> Neil.
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