From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 11 9:43:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C36815406 for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 09:43:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 11 May 1999 12:43:08 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB440110588B@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Bob K' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: dots in usernames? Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 12:44:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My understanding of the situation is that you don't want dots in the usernames because it tends to confuse mailer programs (mainly). Unfortunately our web proxy isn't being very cooperative at work here today and I can't lookup what I'm looking for in the archives. This was a top of discussion maybe a moth ago. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob K [SMTP:melange@yip.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 11:42 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: dots in usernames? > > On Tue, 11 May 1999, Bob K wrote: > > > > 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! > > Damn, sorry, forgot to mention that it's 3.1-19990323-STABLE. > > melange@yip.org - Mustard gas: The kids love it! > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message