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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To: Studded <Studded@dal.net>
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Subject: Re: >8 char usernames going into 2.2.5?
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Studded wrote:

...
> 	While I'm askin', it would be nice if some chars besides
> letters and numbers could sneak in there too.  The one I would like
> most is - (the dash) but I know there are other requests.  (And yes, I
> know about aliases. :)

  That is the foolish "adduser" imposing restrictions on you.  "-" works
perfectly fine in userids.  I use "-", and "_" in usernames regularly, but
I use a rather strange "adduser" that predates the one in FreeBSD.

  "adduser" is in perl.  Just fix it.. err... _modify_ it :)

> Thanks for your input,
> 
> Doug
> 
> Do thou amend thy face,
> 	and I'll amend my life.
> -Shakespeare, "Henry V"
> 
> 

Tom