From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 12 11:24:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE38152E2 for ; Wed, 12 May 1999 11:24:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id LAA25988; Wed, 12 May 1999 11:24:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 11:24:16 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199905121824.LAA25988@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com, melange@yip.org Subject: RE: dots in usernames? Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:15:12 -0400 (EDT) >From: Bob K >People on -current: Just to recap, adduser (and rmuser) disallow .'s in >usernames on FreeBSD-stable; passwd(5) cites that some mailers have >problems with dots in usernames. However, they are becoming more common, >and are a legal part of rfc821. So what are people's thoughts on allowing >that in -current, and if there's no complaints, backporting it to -stable? >It seems really really trivial... Syntax for valid mailboxes need not correspond to (but should be a superset of, IMO) syntax for usernames. What's the problem you're trying to solve? Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message