> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Thanos Tsouanas > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: '.' in username > > Hello. > > I just found out that chsh complains if a username has a '.' in it: > > % sudo chsh foo.bar > [ ... ] > chsh: '.' is dangerous in a login name > > I'm sure there's a reason (why? regexps involved?) but I think that > since chsh complains, adduser should complain too. No?
Try being the contact for a DNS SOA record with one of those.
