In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Sat, 05 Feb 2005, Marc Haber wrote: >> 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. > > Allowing the dot is ok. I do think that usernames starting with numbers is > asking for total breakage, though.
Why not make it an configurable RE? You cant avoid ppl breaking their systems, but you can help them to enforce their policy. For example : may be fine on non-passwd systems (however some tools will have trouble with that). chown was recently fixed to allow . in usernames, no? Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
