Re: mandated charceters in usernames

[Elliot Lee]

On 9 Nov 1999 16:06:46 -0500, Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I did add the user by editting /etc/passwd  '
>My question relates more to being able to do this by default.
>I see no reason, security or other that having a number beginning the
>username is a problem

Some programs might recognize it as a UID instead of a user name.

^[a-z][a-z0-9]+$, 8 chars max.

-- Elliot
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. 

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