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From: bag@sinbin.demos.su (Alex G. Bulushev)
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Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970919154452.21453A-100000@shell.uniserve.com> from "Tom" at "Sep 19, 97 03:48:01 pm"
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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 15:21:05 +0400 (MSD)
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> 
> On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Studded wrote:
> 
> ...
> > 	While I'm askin', it would be nice if some chars besides
> > letters and numbers could sneak in there too.  The one I would like
> > most is - (the dash) but I know there are other requests.  (And yes, I
> > know about aliases. :)
> 
>   That is the foolish "adduser" imposing restrictions on you.  "-" works
> perfectly fine in userids.  I use "-", and "_" in usernames regularly, but
> I use a rather strange "adduser" that predates the one in FreeBSD.

some problem exist to use "-" in the user names with rlogin
rlogind check "-" ... but rlogin is not popular now ... slogin is :)

   Alex.

> 
>   "adduser" is in perl.  Just fix it.. err... _modify_ it :)
> 
> > Thanks for your input,
> > 
> > Doug
> > 
> > Do thou amend thy face,
> > 	and I'll amend my life.
> > -Shakespeare, "Henry V"
> > 
> > 
> 
> Tom
> 
>