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From: Stewart
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 00:00

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Hi,

We are currently running Red Hat 6 and have found that you can have a
usernames longer than 8 characters in length.

What are the pros and cons of using usernames longer than 8 characters?

Does it create any security problems?

Do other Linux distributions also support longer user names?

Does all server software work with the longer username?


Regards
Stewart

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From: "Stewart" <stewart@webonline.co.za>
Subject: Red Hat 6
Date: 1999/09/25
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