Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:40:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dots in usernames? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905111138540.59633-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905111127190.59633-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 11 May 1999, Bob K wrote:
> 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?
Just realized that a make world would not be in order, since I wouldn't
have changed any actual variables. Also, please cc: me in any replies, as
I'm not on the list. Thanks!
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