Hi, thnx for the hint ... but when i try #adduser --force-badname 88jed then it says:
adduser: To avoid problems, the username should consist of a letter or underscore followed by letters, digits, underscores, and dashes. For compatibility with Samba machine accounts also $ is supported at the end of the username Plz suggest whats wrong. Debi On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Laurent CARON wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I want to create users like 8devis. i.e. user starting with a digit. But > >the system rejects it .... any hints will be appreciated. > > > >Regards > >Debi > > > > > > > > > man adduser => > > > --force-badname > > By default, user and group names are required to > > consist of a > > lowercase letter followed by zero or more lowercase > > letters or > > numbers. Dashes in the username are accepted as > > well. This > > option forces adduser and addgroup to be more lenient. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]