[Marc Haber] > adduser has two bug reports open where people are asking for user name > rules to be relaxed. One report wants "." to be allowed in user names, > another wants usernames to start with numbers. > > May I ask for your opinion before denying or following the requests?
Personally, I prefer to stick to the POSIX minimum requirements (max 8 chars), and limit usernames to [a-z][a-z0-9]. I would prefer the default in adduser to enforce such limit, but see the convinience of others with a different view to be able to configure adduser to allow more relaxed rules. Because of this, I would suggest making it _possible_ to relax the rules by updating the configuration file, but leave the default as they are at the moment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]