From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 13 4:51: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 081E514E46 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:50:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.1/frmug-2.3/nospam) with UUCP id NAA27104 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 13:50:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id 9FEFA8848; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:24:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:24:43 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed patch to /etc/rc Message-ID: <19990313122443.B26855@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19990312235111.A24106@keltia.freenix.fr> <199903130034.BAA26286@frmug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199903130034.BAA26286@frmug.org>; from Jon Hamilton on Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 06:33:38PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT/ELF ctm#5130 AMD-K6 MMX @ 200 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Jon Hamilton: > On systems which allow a dot in the username, user.group is ambiguous. > Since a colon is not legal in a username under any UNIX, user:group is not. There is that too of course. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #70: Sat Feb 27 09:43:08 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message