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Date:      Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:09 -0500
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Spades <spades@galaxynet.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usernames with uppercase
Message-ID:  <400AD59D.8040304@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <092801c3dda8$8066a280$fa10fea9@bryanuptrvb0jc>
References:  <092801c3dda8$8066a280$fa10fea9@bryanuptrvb0jc>

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Spades wrote:
> I tried to add a username ie. Bryan, but FreeBSD doesn't allow me
> to do so. It gives me illegal username error. Any idea how to go
> about adding usernames like 'Bryan-admin' etc.

You can create such users by directly editting the passwd database via 'vipw' 
rather than by running 'adduser'.  Note that the restriction exists for a good 
reason (arguably), however-- expect mail delivery to break to that username, 
for example...

-- 
-Chuck



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