From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 8 02:16:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A7FF170E20; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (ns1.pittgoth.com [216.38.206.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E424043D46; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:09:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k580AF4o029814 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:10:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:09:13 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Robert Watson Message-Id: <20060607200913.451ce1e1.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060607114811.L15022@fledge.watson.org> References: <200606070458.k574wuWt080484@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060607114811.L15022@fledge.watson.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/adduser adduser.8 X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:16:19 -0000 On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:50:05 +0100 (BST) Robert Watson wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > trhodes 2006-06-07 04:58:55 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > usr.sbin/adduser adduser.8 > > Log: > > Add adding_user.8 to SEE ALSO, note that usernames may contain any character > > but not being with a hyphen, similar to adding_user.8. > > I suspect that the language in this man page suggests a bit more flexibility > in user naming than is actually the case. For example, usernames cannot > contain the ':' character, by virtue of that being the delimiter of the user > file. Likewise, they should not include a '/', as that prevents the user's > name from being used for the name of their home directory. I suspect the > right approach is to come up with a list of characters that can be included in > usernames, rather than one that can't. This was something I thought about before and after the commit, but the right wording needs to appear in my brain first. Let me mull this over a bit and hopefully patch it up with something much better. FWIW, I don't really like the wording in this manual page. -- Tom Rhodes