Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:20:09 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Drew Wiggins <drew@multinet-media.com> Cc: Martin Gignac <mgignac@cinar.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I remove a user with a capital letter in the login ID? Message-ID: <22629.940411209@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:34:53 %2B0100." <380B05DD.1C09FECE@multinet-media.com>
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:34:53 +0100, Drew Wiggins wrote:
> Use vipw and change the user login name.
Or change the rmuser command, which is forcing a stupid restriction on
you:
Index: rmuser.perl
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/adduser/rmuser.perl,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -d -r1.8 rmuser.perl
--- rmuser.perl 1999/08/28 01:15:11 1.8
+++ rmuser.perl 1999/10/20 09:19:36
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
# Username was given as a parameter
$login_name = pop(@ARGV);
die "Sorry, login name must contain alphanumeric characters only.\n"
- if ($login_name !~ /^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_\-]*$/);
+ if ($login_name !~ /^\w[\w\-]*$/);
} else {
if ($affirm) {
print STDERR "${whoami}: Error: -y option given without username!\n";
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
print "Enter login name for user to remove: ";
$login_name = <>;
chop $login_name;
- if (!($login_name =~ /^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_\-]*$/)) {
+ if (!($login_name =~ /^\w[\w\-]*$/)) {
print STDERR "Sorry, login name must contain alphanumeric characters only.\n";
} elsif (length($login_name) > 16 || length($login_name) == 0) {
print STDERR "Sorry, login name must be 16 characters or less.\n";
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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