Quoting Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Richard Toohey > <richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > Entirely as a learning exercise - is there a technical reason, or > something > > that is inadvisable about using the period in the user name? > > All the software (besides just the installer) that doesn't like > usernames with dots or other funny letters in them. People have been > writing software for 40 years that "knows" what usernames look like. > >
Thanks for the replies, guys. Time to unlearn a bad habit, then!
