Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 15:26:52 -0500 From: "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com> To: "Paul C. Boyle" <freebsdruns@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: $ character in user names Message-ID: <200203052025.PAA07949@alpha.vaxxine.com> In-Reply-To: <200203050311.WAA30316@alpha.vaxxine.com> References: <3C83F6CC.FECF12B8@computerservice-fiedler.de> <200203050311.WAA30316@alpha.vaxxine.com>
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How did you make out with this problem? There may be an issure with sinle or double quotes as well. On March 4, 2002 10:12 pm, you wrote: > On March 4, 2002 05:35 pm, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I need to add a user with a name ending in $ for adding machines to a > > Samba smbpass file (domain setup). > > > > Adduser and pw both reject illegal characters like $. Is there a > > possibility to manually override that behaviour? > > try puting a \ in front of the $ character > > > Thanks, > > > > Andreas > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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