On 10/31/05, Sean Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew P. wrote: > > On 10/31/05, Sean Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >> > > > > I thought it was 16 characters: > > > > sat64# cat /etc/passwd | grep 123 > > 1234567890123456:*:1005:1005:123:/home/1234567890123456:/bin/sh > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > is there any problems with using 16 characters with any applications or > do the applications don't care the login name length for example >
That depends solely on the applications. Most newer ones will not show any problems. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
