>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:52:52 -0700
>From: olaf@digirule.com (Olaf Schroeder)
>
>Is there a limit to the length of the login name in NetBSD?
>I don't see any mention in the man pages... but I can't seem
>to get anything longer than 8 characters. If I make a user
>'catherine', I can't login or e-mail to this account. But if
>I make 'catherin', it's fine.

Doesn't passwd(5) mention this?  If it doesn't, it probably should.
I also remember seeing something in /usr/include/pwd.h.

This topic was discussed to death on one of the lists (tech-userlevel?
current-users? I forget which) not too long ago.  You should check the
mailing list archives:

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