Subject: Re: 8+ chars in login
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: None <cpg@aladdin.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/09/2000 15:19:38
On 03/09/2000 02:07:59 PM GMT 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.

Does it work if 2 names are different only in the 8+ letter?
e.g. majordomo and majordoma  ?

regards,
chris