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From: TANNERC@cu18.crl.aecl.ca
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Length of User names
Message-ID: <27070@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 30 May 91 20:22:31 GMT
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Hi all

I am investigating establishing a standard policy for deriving user
names for UNIX systems at our site, and am a bit upset at the
restriction that all UNIX systems (that I saw) have for the user name
- 8 characters. VMS allows 15 (I believe, and Control Data's allows
31).

I am wondering if there is any move in the UNIX area to change the
allow length of the users login name from 8 to say 12.

Thanks.

Chris

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Chris Tanner                          Tannerc@CU18.CRL.AECL.CA
AECL Research
Chalk River Ont.
Canada K0J 1J0