From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 2 22:31:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2650D37B502; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:31:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id WAA09806; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:31:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:31:39 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Warner Losh Cc: Gianmarco Giovannelli , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: username with - Message-ID: <20001002223139.A7328@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001002082345.0256ceb0@194.184.65.4> <200010021533.JAA11398@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200010021533.JAA11398@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 09:33:14AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message