The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide8-character limitA reviewer pointed out that current versions of FreeBSD don't mandate a maximum of 8 characters in the username; the new limit is 15. This is true, and there are no problems using longer character usernames. But you never know when setting up a mailserver whether or not in the future someone is going to come along who wants to move it to a different UNIX. Why hamstring them now?
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