username length?

[Josh]

He said usernames slick =P

 - Josh Reynolds

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Nigel Sollars wrote:

>
>  your joking right?
>
>  maybe there is a security risk with long filenames ;P
>
> regards
>
> Nige
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Troy
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:55 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: username length?
>
>
>
>   Ok, Im stuck on this one and Im sure its something Im missing
> somewhere..
>
> Im running Owl aka Openwall linux.  Its core design is based on security
> for ISP like environments.  Now, here is the problem.  Almost every dist
> of linux I have ever used supports usernames longer then 8 characters, but
> Owl does not.  Does anyone know what controls this, and where a conf file
> might be found in order to chnage it to accept say, 9 character usernmes?
>
> Thanks
>
> Troy Moniz
>
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