10 Jun
2002
10 Jun
'02
08:29
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