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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!usenet From: andrew@ugh.net.au Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: long usernames Date: 26 Jul 1996 04:03:11 GMT Organization: Hmm Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4t9g1v$q5l@franklin.its.utas.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lorien.its.utas.edu.au Keywords: adduser X-Newsreader: <WinQVT/Net v3.9> In article <4t31if$fjf@client2.news.psi.net> ccunningham@netwkcal.com writes: >I have tried to modify the adduser script so that I can use it >to create users' names >8 char.'s, but I get and invalid login >error. Is there >another way to do this? The limitation on 8 character limits isnt in the adduser script but in FreeBSD somewhere. This was talked about on one of the mailing lists a while ago...check the archives. Andrew