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From: itsymbal@scws36.harvard.edu (Sir Ilya)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: [Q] username length limit: getting around it
Date: 12 May 1995 18:55:30 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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There seems to be a limit on how long a username can be.
For example, I can adduser webadmin and it works just fine, but not with 
a name like webmaster. Is there a way to get around this?

Thanks,

Ilya
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Ilya Tsymbal '96                                      Harvard U, Quincy House.
itsymbal@husc.harvard.edu             http://itsymbal.student.harvard.edu/ilya