Re: User names.
Simple: I have an /etc/aliases but no virtusertable. I suspect this is
becuase I am using sendmail and you are not, but I have a bad habit of being
wrong and will put this back on the list so that someone can confirm/correct
that assumption.
Rob
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 12:07:40PM -0800, Chris Wong wrote:
> What is the difference with me using the /etc/aliases file and my
> /etc/virtusertable
> file?
>
> >Hmmm ... I didn't know about this limit when I installed and used a
> >ten-character username and an eight or nine-character password. When I log
> >in, I have to use the full username (alphenglor), and my home dir is
> >/home/alphenglor, but files owned by me are shown as alphengl.alphengl (I'm
> >not at a terminal with a mouse and can't paste an ls -l to be explicit,
> >sorry). I think that my password was truncated at eight characters, though,
> >as sometimes I would swear that I hit an extra key at the end but I can
> >still get in.
> >
> >As far as mail aliases go, though, you can set up your MTA to do that;
> >/etc/aliases, I think.
> >
> >Rob
> >
> >On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 06:06:25PM -0800, Chris Wong wrote:
> >> Hmm,
> >>
> >> For Debian, user names are limited to 8 characters.. as well
> >> as the passwords. How can this be, lengthened? ... as well as long
> >> email addreses? ie:
> >>
> >> chris.wong@domain.com
> >> christopher_wong@domain.com
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Chris Wong | cw@addm.com
> >> AD Digital Media Inc. (c) 1999
> >> http://addm.com/
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >--
> >One FISHWICH coming up!!
>
> Chris Wong | cw@addm.com
> AD Digital Media Inc. (c) 1999
> http://addm.com/
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