Re: Login Max Chr?

From: Sean Murphy (smurphy_at_calarts.edu)
Date: 10/31/05

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    Andrew P. wrote:
    > On 10/31/05, Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> wrote:
    >> I am running FreeBSD 5.4
    >>
    >> Is there a way to change the eight character login length to allow more
    >> characters?
    >>
    >> The reason is I would like to do first initial last name for the login.
    >> However some last names are longer than eight characters. It would also
    >> work well for email addresses on the server.
    >>
    >> Thanks
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    >
    > I thought it was 16 characters:
    >
    > sat64# cat /etc/passwd | grep 123
    > 1234567890123456:*:1005:1005:123:/home/1234567890123456:/bin/sh
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    is there any problems with using 16 characters with any applications or
    do the applications don't care the login name length for example

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Sean Murphy
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California Institute of the Arts
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