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Date:      Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:10:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/22860: [PATCH] adduser & friends with '$' in usernames 
Message-ID:  <200201161510.g0GFA2F55745@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/22860; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/22860: [PATCH] adduser & friends with '$' in usernames 
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:08:23 +0200

 On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 15:10:01 PST, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
 
 >  As an alternative to the "allow anything the admin wants" solution,
 >  I would propose to make the regular expression usernames are checked
 >  against configurable and saved in /etc/adduser.conf.
 
 I like this idea.
 
 Either that, or do something like what passwd(1) does with weak new
 passwords root gives it. passwd(1) will warn against the offered
 password (e.g. "Please enter a password at least 6 characters in
 length") but will accept the new password if it is repeated.
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.

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