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authorwosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-29 15:05:19 +0000
committerwosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-29 15:05:19 +0000
commitfa9988259c2f6f8601b85909809d7635ed8f2a90 (patch)
tree4a0416911fca258d1caa8f83f025c269f6553d60 /usr.sbin/adduser
parentaa9d006dfd01f6cffe0e156296db5517694cd269 (diff)
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increase username length limit to 16
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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.84
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
index 26f4895..f2817e5 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.14 1996/12/23 00:10:16 mpp Exp $
+.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.15 1996/12/23 00:57:46 mpp Exp $
.Dd Jan, 9, 1995
.Dt ADDUSER 8
.Os FreeBSD 2.1
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ HOME-directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Sy username
Login name. May contain only lowercase characters or digits. Maximum length
-is 8 characters (see
+is 16 characters (see
.Xr setlogin 2
BUGS section).
The reasons for this limit are "Historical".
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