Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 06:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Magnus B{ckstr|m <b@etek.chalmers.se>
To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/42590: pw doesn't accept "+" in usernames
Message-ID: <200209091330.g89DU39x000908@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/42590; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Magnus B{ckstr|m <b@etek.chalmers.se>
To: Kirill Ponomarew <ponomarew@oberon.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/42590: pw doesn't accept "+" in usernames
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:22:59 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
> >Synopsis: pw doesn't accept "+" in usernames
..., thankfully. :-)
Read the manual page for passwd(5), under the "YP/NIS INTERACTION" heading.
(regardless of this, '+' isn't among the characters permitted in login
names. I don't know which particular standard specified this, but it's
fairly established now; consider e g the use of username+foobar@whatever
to turn one's mail addresses into a namespace of sorts.)
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