hi, there! Can we enable using '$' in usernames in pw? The patch is attached.
Other variant is to enable using '$' only at end of user name. /fjoe
Index: pw_user.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/pw/pw_user.c,v retrieving revision 1.51 diff -u -p -r1.51 pw_user.c --- pw_user.c 24 Jun 2002 11:33:17 -0000 1.51 +++ pw_user.c 23 Jan 2003 20:01:46 -0000 @@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ char * pw_checkname(u_char *name, int gecos) { int l = 0; - char const *notch = gecos ? ":!@" : " ,\t:+&#%$^()!@~*?<>=|\\/\""; + char const *notch = gecos ? ":!@" : " ,\t:+&#%^()!@~*?<>=|\\/\""; while (name[l]) { if (strchr(notch, name[l]) != NULL || name[l] < ' ' || name[l] == 127 ||