Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:24:49 +1030 (CST) From: philk@rotfl.com.au (Phil Kernick) To: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pw and adduser different checks ? Message-ID: <20041111075449.9608874599@mail.rotfl.com.au> In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20041111082523.01f19c40@83.149.160.120>
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> /usr/sbin/pw useradd -ntest -ctest@test.com -d/home/test -g1000 -s/bin/sh > -u1000 > pw: invalid character `@' at position 4 in gecos field > > Who is right of both the program ? :-) > > IMHO I find usefull to have the @ in the gecos field because it is an easy > way to associate login <-> email in multidomain enviroment. > But probably there is some drawback I am not aware of ... > Any explanation ? The problem is pw being unreasonably restrictive. In the same way, you can't use pw to add a user with a $ in their name, which is necessary for samba. Phil.
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