usernames longer than 16 characters

[Theresa Tucker]

We are trying to implement longer usernames for our email server. It
currently only works for 16 characters....has anyone implemented going to 32
characters?
Any help would be appreciated.

We are running :FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE

Thanks in advance.

[Ralph Huntington]

> We are trying to implement longer usernames for our email server. It
> currently only works for 16 characters....has anyone implemented going to
32
> characters?

That might break other things. Why not use aliases for those folks who
simply must have a really long username?

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

On 20/3/03 1:41, in article kk%da.271$0o5....@news7.onvoy.net, "Theresa
Tucker" <ttu...@smig.net> wrote:

> We are trying to implement longer usernames for our email server. It
> currently only works for 16 characters....has anyone implemented going to 32
> characters?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>

This topic has been discussed extensively in the sendmail documentaion.
You do not need long user name to have long email address. Just create an
entry in the virtualuser file in sendmail

Jean-Yves

[p...@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Theresa Tucker <ttu...@smig.net> wrote:
> We are trying to implement longer usernames for our email server. It
> currently only works for 16 characters....has anyone implemented going to 32
> characters?
> Any help would be appreciated.

Then start reading about the "alias" functionality in sendmail.

Don't start using "unix-usernames" longer then 8 characters if
you care for compatibility and future readyness. And avoid
"international characters"

> We are running :FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE

Make shure you have applied recent security fixes, at least 4.6.2 +
sendmail 8.12.9 is needed for saef operation.

> Thanks in advance.

--
Peter Håkanson
IPSec Sverige ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
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remove "icke-reklam" if you feel for mailing me. Thanx.