If the default install is gonna allow 16 char login names then /etc/security
should probably be defaulting to that as well..

James

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>>I think it should. Something that also bugs me is /etc/security's mailing me
>>complaining about usernames that are longer than 8 characters. Is there a file
>>somewhere that I can configure the max login length, so a longer than 8 yet
>>smaller than kern.login_name_max login name won't cause excessive spam in the
>>security mail?
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># grep login /etc/defaults/security.conf
>max_loginlen=8
># echo max_loginlen=16 >> /etc/security.conf
># 
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