Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.16-2
Severity: normal
Tag: patch
If I read the description correctly then a $ sign is premitted from the 2nd
position just
like the other permitted characters.
--- useradd.8.orig 2006-07-11 18:15:24.000000000 +0300
+++ useradd.8 2006-07-11 18:15:08.000000000 +0300
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
Similarly, if the username already exists in an external user database such as
NIS, \fBuseradd\fR will deny the user account creation request\&.
.PP
-On Debian, the constraints on the username are lowered: Usernames must neither
start by a dash ('\-') nor contain a colon (':') or an end of line ('\\n')\&.
However, it is usually recommended to only use usernames that begin with a
lower case letter or an underscore, and are only followed by lower case
letters, underscores, dashes, and dollar signs\&. In regular expression terms:
[a\-z_][a\-z0\-9_\-]*[$]
+On Debian, the constraints on the username are lowered: Usernames must neither
start by a dash ('\-') nor contain a colon (':') or an end of line ('\\n')\&.
However, it is usually recommended to only use usernames that begin with a
lower case letter or an underscore, and are only followed by lower case
letters, underscores, dashes, and dollar signs\&. In regular expression terms:
[a\-z_][a\-z0\-9_\-$]*
.SH "FILES"
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