This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
line with BSD/OS and Linux's username limits, making transitioning from
either operating system a lot easier than it is now. I'm currently
running with this change on my system, as are several others, and have
experienced no ill effects.
This is not for 2.2! This needs to get shaken out longer term in 3.0.
Previously-approved-by: davidg
Peter Wemm
Jordan K. Hubbard
Wolfram Schneider
Rodney W. Grimes