Hello, is it possible that telnet strips the user name whenn logging into another machine to 8 characters?
>plus:~# telnet minus >Connected to minus.lfm.rwth-aachen.de. >Escape character is '^]'. >Debian Linux 1.1 >Copyright (C) 1993-1996 Debian Association, Inc. and others > >minus login: 1234567890 >Password: >From the logfile: >minus in.telnetd[12161]: connect from plus.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE >minus login: 1 LOGIN FAILURE FROM plus.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE, 12345678 As you can see the logfile shows that the username is stripped to 12345678. Thanks Dirk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]