The most recent releases of FreeBSD appear to support user names of up to
16 characters. However, the documentation and man pages are confusing on
the issue. In some places reference is made to 16 character user names, in
others it is implied or outright stated that the limit is 8
I wouldn't like to remember a user name of:
DavidSompianLloyd1
...and type it in. Remember humans are using this
DSL
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The most recent releases of FreeBSD appear to support user names of up to
16 characters. However, the documentation and man pages are confusing on
the issue. In some places reference is made to 16 character user names, in
others it is implied or outright stated that the limit is 8
16 character names is and has been the limit. 8 characters is playing
it safe, where there may be some programs that won't accept more than
that but I believe it is only the older programs that you will find a
problem with that. For and program that is current 16 characters should
be no
