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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:25:25 +0700 (NSS)
From: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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Subject: Re: username with - 
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hi, there!

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010101241250.34138-100000@iclub.nsu.ru> Max Khon writes:
> : solaris and linux also use ':' to distinguish group name
> 
> So does FreeBSD.  '.' is recognized as a compatibility hack for now.

*nod*. Just a note that ':' is closer to standards de facto (and IIRC
Single Unix Spec.)

/fjoe



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