Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:09 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Spades <spades@galaxynet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usernames with uppercase Message-ID: <400AD59D.8040304@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <092801c3dda8$8066a280$fa10fea9@bryanuptrvb0jc> References: <092801c3dda8$8066a280$fa10fea9@bryanuptrvb0jc>
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Spades wrote: > I tried to add a username ie. Bryan, but FreeBSD doesn't allow me > to do so. It gives me illegal username error. Any idea how to go > about adding usernames like 'Bryan-admin' etc. You can create such users by directly editting the passwd database via 'vipw' rather than by running 'adduser'. Note that the restriction exists for a good reason (arguably), however-- expect mail delivery to break to that username, for example... -- -Chuck
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