I thought the move to libc6 allowed arbitrary length
userids? Long userids seem to be supported in the
latest releases of Redhat and Debian.
I use a long userid on a Debian system I administer.
It's "arichardson". (And more than 8 chars are significant
because I've also got an "arichards") I know the long userid
can cause problems with mailers, but I use it
because it matches my userid on an NT system which
I don't administer. Having the same userid and
passwd on both makes samba file/print sharing
between these two systems seamless.
Tony
