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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:25:25 +0700 (NSS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com>, Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: username with - 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010101523590.39921-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200010100728.BAA24147@harmony.village.org>

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hi, there!

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010101241250.34138-100000@iclub.nsu.ru> Max Khon writes:
> : solaris and linux also use ':' to distinguish group name
> 
> So does FreeBSD.  '.' is recognized as a compatibility hack for now.

*nod*. Just a note that ':' is closer to standards de facto (and IIRC
Single Unix Spec.)

/fjoe



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