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From: imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Length of User names
Message-ID: <1991May31.215301.7574@solbourne.com>
Date: 31 May 91 21:53:01 GMT
References: <27070@adm.brl.mil> <1991May31.173152.791@mlb.semi.harris.com>
Organization: Solbourne, User Interface Group
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In article <1991May31.173152.791@mlb.semi.harris.com>
dcb@dave.mis.semi.harris.com (Dave Brillhart) writes:
>At Harris, we finally decided to use the VMS standard of first
>initial last name (truncated to 8 characters).  Kind of a  pain :-( 

This is especially a *PAIN* when the system administrator sees "M.
Warner Losh" and gives you the login "mlosh" and people send mail to
"wlosh" since your name is Warner.  Fee and a pox be on all ye that
try to standarize login names.

Warner
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Warner Losh		imp@Solbourne.COM
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