Re: Slackware, login and mdm modem server

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From: Matthew Hannigan
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 02:25

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r.noble@uow.edu.au (Russell Noble) writes:
>[ .. ] The user ids in question 
>are Uvietgate and lone_wolf.  I am wondering if the uppercase character or 
>underscore are causing problems? Any ideas anyone?
> [ .. ]

The maximum length of a username, at least in most Unices
is eight.  Perhaps this is the problem.  I know that using
more than eight chars on Suns stuffs up things like NIS.

Regards,
	-Matt

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