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.) B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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