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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Spades wrote:
> I tried to add a username ie. Bryan, but FreeBSD doesn't allow me
> to do so. It gives me illegal username error. Any idea how to go
> about adding usernames like 'Bryan-admin' etc.

You can create such users by directly editting the passwd database via 'vipw' 
rather than by running 'adduser'.  Note that the restriction exists for a good 
reason (arguably), however-- expect mail delivery to break to that username, 
for example...

-- 
-Chuck