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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Longer Usernames
Date: 24 Feb 1996 20:24:22 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) wrote:
]
] Is there a relatively easy <grin> way to allow the use of
] longer userids using FreeBSD 2.1?  

Change one header file and recompiler verything that includes it.

Note that this will break NIS interoperability, so it's not
advisable.


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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