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Re: [seul-edu] long usernames?



We are using some very long user names (up to about 30 characters) at
Corbett Elementary school, and a local charter school.

This is under debian/woody, with linux workstations and servers.

			Harry

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Bill Tihen -- TECHNOLOGY wrote:

> I have just configured a new server.  I  was wondering
> if anybody knows if it is now an "Okay" idea to use
> login names longer than 8 characters.  I tried this a
> couple of years ago, and it created some problems.
> 
> The server is running RH 6.1.  Anybody know the wisdom
> of creating 300 accounts with long usernames?
> 
> Thanks Bill
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