> chown user1.group1 somefile
makes user1 the owner and group1 the group of somefile. if periods were allowed in usernames, all hell could break loose. the same goes for #'s, and :'s. i know that i've missed some- what are the others?
jurvis
ps i don't believe this can be changed, but then again... tell a linux user he can't and he'll find a way to make you eat your words- good luck!
On Thursday, Aug 28, 2003, at 17:06 America/New_York, Felix wrote:
Does any one know why I canīt use dot in user names Can I change it. It happend when I try to add a user adduser username.lastname. thanks felix
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