Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:09:13 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/adduser adduser.8 Message-ID: <20060607200913.451ce1e1.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060607114811.L15022@fledge.watson.org> References: <200606070458.k574wuWt080484@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060607114811.L15022@fledge.watson.org>
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:50:05 +0100 (BST) Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > trhodes 2006-06-07 04:58:55 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > usr.sbin/adduser adduser.8 > > Log: > > Add adding_user.8 to SEE ALSO, note that usernames may contain any character > > but not being with a hyphen, similar to adding_user.8. > > I suspect that the language in this man page suggests a bit more flexibility > in user naming than is actually the case. For example, usernames cannot > contain the ':' character, by virtue of that being the delimiter of the user > file. Likewise, they should not include a '/', as that prevents the user's > name from being used for the name of their home directory. I suspect the > right approach is to come up with a list of characters that can be included in > usernames, rather than one that can't. This was something I thought about before and after the commit, but the right wording needs to appear in my brain first. Let me mull this over a bit and hopefully patch it up with something much better. FWIW, I don't really like the wording in this manual page. -- Tom Rhodes
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