From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jan 16 7:10: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B7937B419 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:10:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0GFA2F55745; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:10:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:10:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201161510.g0GFA2F55745@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: bin/22860: [PATCH] adduser & friends with '$' in usernames Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/22860; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Yar Tikhiy Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/22860: [PATCH] adduser & friends with '$' in usernames Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:08:23 +0200 On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 15:10:01 PST, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > As an alternative to the "allow anything the admin wants" solution, > I would propose to make the regular expression usernames are checked > against configurable and saved in /etc/adduser.conf. I like this idea. Either that, or do something like what passwd(1) does with weak new passwords root gives it. passwd(1) will warn against the offered password (e.g. "Please enter a password at least 6 characters in length") but will accept the new password if it is repeated. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message