It worked ;o)))))
i added an alias domain called vi.com for the main domainname and it allows
me to use the username for authenticaion. It was bound to work as the alias
domain creates a symlink to the main domain directory and the vpasswd file
is hence common to both these domain names.
Thanks
Div
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bjorn Nilsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:57 AM
> To: Divyank Turakhia
> Cc: vpopmail
> Subject: Re: 1 character username
>
>
> I'm not sure what the implications of this are but it does work.
> What if you
> added a small fake alias domain and login using that: eg if the domain is
> "mycompany.com" then make an alias domain "myc" so you would login with
> "user@myc"
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Divyank Turakhia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Ken Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "vpopmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:46 AM
> Subject: RE: 1 character username
>
>
> > i figured tht ... but thts for giving him a 1 letter email address ... i
> > need to give him a 1 letter user which can be authenticated using vchkpw
> ...
> > cause its his username which needs to be limited to 20 chars ...
> >
> > ne other ideas tht you can think of???
> >
> > Div
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ken Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:04 PM
> > > To: Divyank Turakhia
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: 1 character username
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2001-09-13 at 07:23, Divyank Turakhia wrote:
> > > > How do i add a username with 1 character only. The problem is one of
> my
> > > > clients is using some outdated local mail server which allows
> > > usernames to
> > > > be only 20 characters. His domain name is 18 characters. The @
> > > sign takes 1
> > > > character. that leaves only one chartered for his username.
> > > When i try to
> > > > add a letter username it gives me an error stating "illegal
> username".
> > > >
> > > > Is there any way i can add a one character username??? some
> thing like
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > Divyank
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, no. All the single characters are reserved
> > > for directory hashing.
> > >
> > > What you could do is give him a new email address with
> > > two or more characters, then create an alias that points
> > > his single character address to his new address.
> > >
> > > For example:
> > >
> > > vadduser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > valias -i "&[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > the valias command does the same thing as
> > > echo "&[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > /home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/.qmail-a
> > >
> > > Ken Jones
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
