Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:12:31 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: usernames with dots wash.test Message-ID: <20010430141231.C74981@everest.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010430122845.A1456@goku.kasby>; from "Francesco Casadei" on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 12:28:45PM %2B0200 References: <20010430102242.B32935@everest.wananchi.com> <20010430122845.A1456@goku.kasby>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> [20010430 13:29]: writing on the subject 'Re: usernames with dots wash.test' Francesco> On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:22:42AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Francesco> > Hi, Francesco> > Here is something that is a little worrying. Francesco> > May I kindly ask the reason why FreeBSD doesn't support the creation of Francesco> > usernames with dots. Linux has no problem with such usernames. I am not Francesco> > a fun of Linux but I'd be happy if I could find a way of having usernames Francesco> > with dots, as opposed to my current practice of havng to create an alias Francesco> > if a user wants such a name.... Francesco> > Francesco> > Francesco> > -Wash Francesco> > Francesco> > -- Francesco> > Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., Francesco> > wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse Francesco> > Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Francesco> > Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286, 00100-NAIROBI,KE. Francesco> > Francesco> > "I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! Francesco> > The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building." Francesco> > -- Charles Schulz Francesco> Francesco> Francesco> > end of the original message Francesco> Francesco> Uh? Using FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE I get: Francesco> Francesco> root@goku.kasby# pw useradd a.b.c.d.e.f Francesco> root@goku.kasby# pw usershow a.b.c.d.e.f Francesco> a.b.c.d.e.f:*:1017:1017::0:0:User &:/home/a.b.c.d.e.f:/bin/sh Francesco> root@goku.kasby# pw userdel a.b.c.d.e.f Francesco> root@goku.kasby# pw usershow a.b.c.d.e.f Francesco> pw: no such user `a.b.c.d.e.f' Francesco> root@goku.kasby# Francesco> Francesco> Francesco Casadei Hi Francesco, Please stop this crazy idea ;-) just try adduser fran.casadei Like the way I tried..... 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_-]: 2nd test:: everest# pw useradd wash.raburu -d /home/wash.raburu 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) 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. everest# pw usershow wash.raburu wash.raburu:*:3850:3850::0:0:User &:/home/wash.raburu:/bin/sh Of course I still don't have a /etc/pw.conf but I don't see how that will help me with dotted usernames. Please lemme know if you manage to find more info on this, maybe some hack.... -Wash -- 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. Osborn's Law: Variables won't; constants aren't. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE67Uien7LIsuxjem8RAoslAKCbAdu8QCb3yc5czNaFVw7cUOmwKgCfeP0c C5kMikmk2RxypyKLD0o+AOk= =V0Iy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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