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Date:      Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:10:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: pw not accepting @-sign
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103290806020.4277-100000@istar.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20010329114525.F17737-100000@hq1.tyfon.net>

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Hrmmm, quoting doesn't seem to work as "pw" still balks at @ being an
invalid character. You may have to use another utility to add those
users; "adduser" does allow the @ if you quote it with a backslash
character "\" first.

HTH, 

Dru


On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Dan Larsson wrote:

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> Is it possible to make pw accept @-signs in the gecos/description field?
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