Simple: I have an /etc/aliases but no virtusertable. I suspect this is becuase I am using sendmail and you are not, but I have a bad habit of being wrong and will put this back on the list so that someone can confirm/correct that assumption.
Rob On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 12:07:40PM -0800, Chris Wong wrote: > What is the difference with me using the /etc/aliases file and my > /etc/virtusertable > file? > > >Hmmm ... I didn't know about this limit when I installed and used a > >ten-character username and an eight or nine-character password. When I log > >in, I have to use the full username (alphenglor), and my home dir is > >/home/alphenglor, but files owned by me are shown as alphengl.alphengl (I'm > >not at a terminal with a mouse and can't paste an ls -l to be explicit, > >sorry). I think that my password was truncated at eight characters, though, > >as sometimes I would swear that I hit an extra key at the end but I can > >still get in. > > > >As far as mail aliases go, though, you can set up your MTA to do that; > >/etc/aliases, I think. > > > >Rob > > > >On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 06:06:25PM -0800, Chris Wong wrote: > >> Hmm, > >> > >> For Debian, user names are limited to 8 characters.. as well > >> as the passwords. How can this be, lengthened? ... as well as long > >> email addreses? ie: > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Chris Wong | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> AD Digital Media Inc. (c) 1999 > >> http://addm.com/ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > >/dev/null > > > >-- > >One FISHWICH coming up!! > > Chris Wong | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AD Digital Media Inc. (c) 1999 > http://addm.com/ -- Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it. -- Tom Lehrer
