[ale] Re: Linux User IDs

[Norbert Crettol]

I've noticed that Livingston Portmaster don't accept more than eight 
characters but if you have more than 8 chars on a ID, the rest will be 
ignored and it will work. What if two ID's has the same eight first 
chars ? I've tried it, the second one doesn't work. The chars above 8 
are ignored, so you can't use more than 8 chars ID's.

Aliases are the solution.

Norbert 

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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Internet Access Ltd. wrote:

> We have user ID's with more than 8 characters without any problems.  The 
> logins work fine when used via a dial-up connection with mgetty.  If 
> however, you do have problems and the large ID is just for e-mail 
> purposes, use the aliases file (eg: alias large-email-address at domain.com 
> to user-id).
> 
> Daniel
> Technical Manager
> Internet Access Ltd.
> daniel at intac.co.uk
> 
> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Jon-Michael J. DeBona wrote:
> 
> > Quick question:
> >         Is there any way possible to get past the 8 character limitation
> > for user IDs on Linux (Slakware 2.0.1)?
> >         I know it is a weird question, but there is a good reason for
> > it.
> > TIA.
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