Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:34:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dots in usernames? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905111127190.59633-100000@localhost>
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Enter username [a-z0-9_-]: a.test
Wrong username. Please use only lowercase characters or digits
Enter username [a-z0-9_-]:
Just a quick question. If I force this by modifying this tidbit of the
adduser script:
sub new_users_name_valid {
local($name) = @_;
if ($name !~ /^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_\-]*$/ || $name eq "a-z0-9_-") {
warn "Wrong username. " .
"Please use only lowercase characters or digits\a\n";
return 0;
will it break anything? I know I can add an alias; I'm just hoping to
simplify things for the user in question. I suppose after doing that, a
make world & rebuild of any ports using utmp would be in order?
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