Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:31:39 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: username with - Message-ID: <20001002223139.A7328@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200010021533.JAA11398@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 09:33:14AM -0600 References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001002082345.0256ceb0@194.184.65.4> <200010021533.JAA11398@harmony.village.org>
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On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 09:33:14AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <5.0.0.25.0.20001002082345.0256ceb0@194.184.65.4> Gianmarco Giovannelli writes:
> : Hi,
> : Our adduser let me add username with a dash inside (I use them to identify
> : the user of virtual domains), like :
> : ac-info
> :
> : But rmuser refuse to delete them :
> : gmarco:/home/gmarco# rmuser ac-info
> : Sorry, login name must contain alphanumeric characters only.
> :
> : So, who is right ? adduser or rmuser ?
>
> Adduser is right. Dashes are allowed in user names.
But not at the start of the user name..login(1) special cases it, I
think.
Kris
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