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Volker Dierks <v.dierks@××××××××××××××.net>, on Wed Jul 17, 2002 [02:15:45 PM] said: |
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> Christian Axelsson wrote: |
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> >This is the features I would like to see in a new adduser (and deluser) |
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> >package: |
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> <SNIP> |
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> hmm, sorry. I've no comments to the features but I've a problem |
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> to add my personal useraccount to a gentoo system. I've posted |
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> the question to the gentoo-user maillinglist but got no answer. |
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> Perhaps someone on the dev list can give me a answer. My normal |
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> useraccount uses a dot (f. e. f.bar). |
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> useradd -c "Foo Bar" -d /home/f.bar -u 500 -g 200 -s /bin/bash f.bar |
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> useradd: invalid user name 'f.bar' |
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> This is a example. My real username has 8 characters (with the |
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> dot). Whitout the dot, useradd works fine. |
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> Does anyone know where I must drive the screw? /etc/login.defs |
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> isn't it. Are the pam modules denying a dot? |
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> Thanks, Volker |
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Hi; |
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Well, the *bsd man page on passwd(5) has this to say: |
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The login name must never begin with a hyphen (`-'); also, |
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it is strongly suggested that neither upper-case characters nor |
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dots (`.') be part of the name, as this tends to confuse mailers. |
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You can always use things like vipw to force the issue; |
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sorry I doubt there is another way without simply hacking |
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useradd... |
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Paul |
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