Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 05:20:03 -0800 (PST) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/22860: [PATCH] adduser & friends with '$' in usernames Message-ID: <200011231320.FAA93356@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/22860; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/22860: [PATCH] adduser & friends with '$' in usernames Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:14:49 +0200 There's been a lot of useless mumbling on this PR. Unless someone can come up with proof that the $ character is illegal in usernames, could everyone please stop arguing with the guy who keeps on bringing up Microsoft. He's not listening and doesn't seem to be here to contribute. By the way, what I can dig out of my POSIX.1 book suggests that the $ character, while not recommended, is legal. It's stupid not to support legal characters in usernames. It may be stupid to use certain legal characters in usernames, but let's leave policy up to the administrator and provide tools that do the right thing. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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