netbsd-help: long login names

Subject: long login names
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: xiamin <root@scdesantis.ne.mediaone.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/20/1997 04:21:23

In the daily insecurity output, I get this:
Login galadriel has more than 8 characters.
Is this a bad thing? Do I need to fix it? And, if I just change the login 
name, but leave the uid# the same, it shouldn't mess anything up, should it?
Xiamin