maybethe debian installer do not permit you to use the username hal. Create any user. after the installer finish.. you can login and create user 'Hal' with adduser.. ;)
On 10/10/08, Juha Tuuna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: >> I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks >> me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a >> username (although in all lower case). >> >> Etch won't let me do this. I did it in Sarge, did it in earlier >> versions, did it in Mandrake, Redhat, and also use it in Ubuntu. And >> now Etch won't let me use "hal" as a login name. >> ... > > I'm running Etch and it lets me add user hal: > % sudo adduser hal > Adding user `hal' ... > Adding new group `hal' (1003) ... > Adding new user `hal' (1003) with group `hal' ... > Creating home directory `/home/hal' ... > Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... > New UNIX password: > ... > > % getent passwd > ... > hal:x:1003:1003::/home/hal:/bin/bash > > Uname says: > Linux viilipytty 2.6.22-4-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 10:29:27 UTC 2008 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > and /etc/debian_version: 4.0 > > Tried that on another Etch box. Works ok, too. :/ > > -- > Juha Tuuna > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
