Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:43:27 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Valid user name Message-ID: <200110131443.f9DEhR702842@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Oct 2001 13:05:10 %2B0400." <20011013130510.B93286@snark.rinet.ru> References: <20011013130510.B93286@snark.rinet.ru> <20011012145227.D46577@snark.rinet.ru> <200110121552.f9CFqA793345@harmony.village.org> <20011012192457.A74895@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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In message <20011013130510.B93286@snark.rinet.ru> Yar Tikhiy writes: : Oh, I see. Given that the only issue about the period in user names : is compatibility, should pw(8) and adduser(8) still reject it or accept : it and print a warning? I think printing a warning is better since : the validity check is by no means a panacea--a stupid admin can always : use vipw(8) to create any kind of an invalid user name. acccept with warning. the compatibility issue is very very minor. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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