From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Oct 13 7:51:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E19F637B410; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 07:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f9DEhTu27815; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:43:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9DEhR702842; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:43:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200110131443.f9DEhR702842@harmony.village.org> To: Yar Tikhiy Subject: Re: Valid user name Cc: Peter Pentchev , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Oct 2001 13:05:10 +0400." <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> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:43:27 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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