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Date:      Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:52:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      opentrax@email.com
To:        bandix@looksharp.net
Cc:        chris@awww.jeah.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Removing user with "-" in username
Message-ID:  <200010252352.QAA06317@spammie.svbug.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010231540020.65525-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>

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On 23 Oct, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Chris Byrnes wrote:
> 
>>awww# rmuser -y irc-argentina
>>Sorry, login name must contain alphanumeric characters only.
>>
>...
> Consensus was that rmuser should remove any username that adduser
> allowed to be created.  There was talk of fixing this.  Then people
> jetted off to BSDCon.  The fix is, learn how to use vipw, edit
> /etc/group, and rm -rf an old home directory.  =)
> 
I should not your suggestion is NOT a fix. In many circles it is
considered a workaround. =)





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