Hi... A hack like that may also mess up certain programs that expect a username no longer than 8 characters. It's presumably possible, though.
Alex On 19 Jul 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Date: 19 Jul 1998 21:36:32 +0200 > From: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Userslist <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: ADDUSER AND >8 Usernames? > Resent-Date: 19 Jul 1998 19:36:42 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > >> "k" == kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > k> how does one go about getting a username longer than > k> 8 charachters added? > > The only way I know is to edit the passwd/shadow file. > > Ciao, > Martin > > -- > from a 1996 Microshit ad campaign: > "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" > See! They do get some things right! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
