Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 11:24:16 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com, melange@yip.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: dots in usernames? Message-ID: <199905121824.LAA25988@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905121338020.59633-100000@localhost>
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>Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:15:12 -0400 (EDT) >From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> >People on -current: Just to recap, adduser (and rmuser) disallow .'s in >usernames on FreeBSD-stable; passwd(5) cites that some mailers have >problems with dots in usernames. However, they are becoming more common, >and are a legal part of rfc821. So what are people's thoughts on allowing >that in -current, and if there's no complaints, backporting it to -stable? >It seems really really trivial... Syntax for valid mailboxes need not correspond to (but should be a superset of, IMO) syntax for usernames. What's the problem you're trying to solve? Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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