Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:23:07 +0200 From: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: usernames with dots wash.test Message-ID: <20010504152307.A454@goku.kasby> In-Reply-To: <20010430141231.C74981@everest.wananchi.com>; from wash@wananchi.com on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:12:31PM %2B0300 References: <20010430102242.B32935@everest.wananchi.com> <20010430122845.A1456@goku.kasby> <20010430141231.C74981@everest.wananchi.com>
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:12:31PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
[snip]
>=20
> Hi Francesco,
>=20
> Please stop this crazy idea ;-)
> just try=20
>=20
> adduser fran.casadei
>=20
> Like the way I tried.....
>=20
> everest# adduser
> Use option ``-verbose'' if you want to see more warnings and questions
> or try to repair bugs.
> Enter username [a-z0-9_-]: wash.raburu
> Wrong username. Please use only lowercase characters or digits
> Enter username [a-z0-9_-]:
>=20
> 2nd test::
>=20
> everest# pw useradd wash.raburu -d /home/wash.raburu
>=20
> everest# exim -bt wash.raburu
> wash.raburu@wananchi.com cannot be resolved at this time:
> failed to stat /home/wash.raburu (No such file or directory)
>=20
> everest# finger wash.raburu
> Login: wash.raburu Name: User Wash.raburu
> Directory: /home/wash.raburu Shell: /bin/sh
> Never logged in.
> No Mail.
> No Plan.
>=20
> everest# pw usershow wash.raburu
> wash.raburu:*:3850:3850::0:0:User &:/home/wash.raburu:/bin/sh
>=20
> Of course I still don't have a /etc/pw.conf but I don't see how that will
> help me with dotted usernames.
>=20
> Please lemme know if you manage to find more info on this, maybe some
> hack....
>=20
>=20
> -Wash
>=20
> --
> Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd.,
> wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse
> Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street.,
> Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286, 00100-NAIROBI,KE.
>=20
> Osborn's Law:
> Variables won't; constants aren't.
> end of the original message
=46rom chown(8) manpage:
COMPATIBILITY
Previous versions of the chown utility used the dot (``.'') character =
to
distinguish the group name. This has been changed to be a colon (``:'=
')
character so that user and group names may contain the dot character.
Francesco Casadei
--=20
You can download my public key from http://digilander.iol.it/fcasadei/
or retrieve it from a keyserver (pgpkeys.mit.edu, wwwkeys.pgp.net, ...)
Key fingerprint is: 1671 9A23 ACB4 520A E7EE 00B0 7EC3 375F 164E B17B
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