Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 08:38:03 +0200 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: username with - Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20001009083602.02993e90@194.184.65.4> In-Reply-To: <39E14EE3.8AFB1B88@gorean.org> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001002082345.0256ceb0@194.184.65.4>
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At 08/10/2000, Doug Barton wrote: >Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Our adduser let me add username with a dash inside (I use them to identify > > the user of virtual domains), like : > > ac-info > > > > But rmuser refuse to delete them : > > gmarco:/home/gmarco# rmuser ac-info > > Sorry, login name must contain alphanumeric characters only. > > > > So, who is right ? adduser or rmuser ? > > I think a better question is, why does rmuser need to check the >validity of the username at all? Shouldn't it just use getpwnam() to >make sure the user is in the db and set the variables? If the user is >there, rmuser ought to be able to remove it. I agree with you. Let's remove the check from rmuser : if a user is in the user db, rmuser must know how to wipe it from there :-) Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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