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From: nagy@turtle.apana.org.au (Robert Nagy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: > 8Char Login Names
Date: 28 Jan 1996 11:17:01 +0930
Organization: Turtle Systems - The Internet System Of The Northern Territory
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Hi Folks,

Is there any way to get longer than 8char log in names for FreeBSD2.1 ?

Potentially I may want to create a few email addresses that need to be 
longer than 8chars.  I always thought this may have been a limitation of 
UN*X and also FreeBSD1.1.5.1 which I used to run.

Also is there any way to convert the master.passwd file from 1.1.5.1 to 2.1
As the encoding scheme seems to be different.

email or post responses.

Robert
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