* Chris Wagner said: > At 08:04 AM 10/26/99 -0400, Jaysen O'Dell wrote: > >I know that there is a way to "override" the default 8 char uname limit. > >For the life of me I can't find it on an old bo system that I am > >admining (it will be going to potato as soon as I can get the "boss" to > >take a day off). Any suggestions. > > Hmm. My box took long usernames from the get-go. Have you tried to create > a long name and had it fail? This install of mine is over a year old. Nobody forbids you to use long user names on a GNU system. It's just probable that some software on other systems will fail when handed a >8 username. marek
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