[svlug] SuSE root prob

[Javilk]

> 
> At 04:07 AM 11/18/98 , Javilk wrote:
> >     It does not accept the account "webmaster", as being one letter too
> >long.  Webmaster is a popular account name, one that spammers, at least
> >general spammers, tend to avoid.  (Webmasters get page promotion spam
> >instead...)

> The best thing to do if you use this account for multiple purposes is to
> call the account "web" or something and make an alias in /etc/aliases.
> (If you have multiple "webmasters" because you are hosting multiple domains,
> use the "virtusertable" feature in sendmail instead.)

     It isn't just mail, it is NFS mounted directories on multiple
machines, maybe a hundred script files on multiple machines, etc.

    At my billing rates, it is cheaper to just go out and buy another copy
of Red Hat, and throw SuSE in the garbage, than to muck with a lot of
aliasing stuff.  I will see if I can modify the shadow file.  If not, SuSE
goes!

    It is stupid and arrogant to restrict that which has formerly been
allowed, in any field, when that would impact a lot of prior work,
requiting it be modified.

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