Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:35:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: usernames with dots wash.test Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104300932070.6884-100000@java2.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <20010430141231.C74981@everest.wananchi.com>
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On Apr 30, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >Please stop this crazy idea ;-) >just try > >adduser fran.casadei > >Like the way I tried..... > >everest# adduser >Use option ``-verbose'' if you want to see more warnings and questions >or try to repair bugs. >Enter username [a-z0-9_-]: wash.raburu >Wrong username. Please use only lowercase characters or digits >Enter username [a-z0-9_-]: adduser is a perl script. Change it's validation to allow dots. >2nd test:: > >everest# pw useradd wash.raburu -d /home/wash.raburu > >everest# exim -bt wash.raburu >wash.raburu@wananchi.com cannot be resolved at this time: > failed to stat /home/wash.raburu (No such file or directory) -d tells pw what home directory to enter in /etc/passwd Use -m if you want the home directory created. pw useradd seems to have pretty much the same options as SYSV useradd Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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