try useradd
louie miranda (axis0.ath.cx) ------------------------------------------ Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Petr Danek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:44 AM Subject: adduser 77777 problem Hi list, i tried to add user with username 77777 . adduser command complained about wrong username which should contain combination of letters and numbers. Is there any other way than edit /etc/passwd with vipw and /etc/group with vigr ? thanks Petr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]