Is there a reason why "useradd" on SuSE 8 does not allow usernames with a dot? useradd: invalid user name 'sd.fg' They work just fine if you create them with webmin. -- Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro Phone +4093-267961
On Mon, Jun 10, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Is there a reason why "useradd" on SuSE 8 does not allow usernames with a dot?
useradd: invalid user name 'sd.fg'
They work just fine if you create them with webmin.
Because most tools will handle "sd.fg" as user "sd" in group "fg". Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ kukuk@suse.de SuSE Linux AG Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 D-90429 Nuernberg -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = A368 676B 5E1B 3E46 CFCE 2D97 F8FD 4E23 56C6 FB4B
Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
On Mon, Jun 10, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Is there a reason why "useradd" on SuSE 8 does not allow usernames with a dot?
useradd: invalid user name 'sd.fg'
They work just fine if you create them with webmin.
*Email* addresses with a dot, which I suspect is what you really want, are probably best done with aliases in the mail system.
-- Rachel
Rachel Greenham wrote:
Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
On Mon, Jun 10, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Is there a reason why "useradd" on SuSE 8 does not allow usernames with a dot?
useradd: invalid user name 'sd.fg'
They work just fine if you create them with webmin.
*Email* addresses with a dot, which I suspect is what you really want, are probably best done with aliases in the mail system.
Thanks, I know that, but that means more routine work to do. When using tools, I employ username:group, never used username.group, that's why I didn't see the reason at first. -- Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro Phone +4093-267961
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Rachel Greenham
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Silviu Marin-Caea
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Thorsten Kukuk