Re: max lenght of login name

[chuck <chuck@Yerkes.com>]

Quoting Todd T. Fries (toddf@acm.org):
> On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 06:41:46PM +0200, Karol Makowski wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > i have a serious problem. I have to add some users, and login names of
> > this users are 9 or more letters. How to change the max login name in
> > OpenBSD? Limit is 8
> 
> If you need email addresses of > 8 uses /etc/aliases.  If they insist
> on logging in with > 8 char logins inform them you will be gone for a year
> doing development to make it happen.

And use userdb to change the outgoing mail..

Though this WOULD be a good direction to head in, the 8 letter min
is somewhat arbitrary and could just as easily be 32 letters, except
for all the dependancies on 8 letters.  Ick.

c