Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 12:44:37 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Bob K' <melange@yip.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: dots in usernames? Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB440110588B@site2s1>
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My understanding of the situation is that you don't want dots in the usernames because it tends to confuse mailer programs (mainly). Unfortunately our web proxy isn't being very cooperative at work here today and I can't lookup what I'm looking for in the archives. This was a top of discussion maybe a moth ago. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob K [SMTP:melange@yip.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 11:42 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: dots in usernames? > > On Tue, 11 May 1999, Bob K wrote: > > > > will it break anything? I know I can add an alias; I'm just hoping to > > > simplify things for the user in question. I suppose after doing that, > a > > > make world & rebuild of any ports using utmp would be in order? > > > > Just realized that a make world would not be in order, since I wouldn't > > have changed any actual variables. Also, please cc: me in any replies, > as > > I'm not on the list. Thanks! > > Damn, sorry, forgot to mention that it's 3.1-19990323-STABLE. > > melange@yip.org - Mustard gas: The kids love it! > > > > 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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