On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in > > his name. "adduser" does not allow this, even if I invoke it with > > the parameter "--force-badname". > > The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. > I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating > conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd > suggestion you look > into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
