user creation ??

Hi, I want to create users like 8devis. i.e. user starting with a digit. But the system rejects it any hints will be appreciated. Regards Debi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Managing Disk Quota with emails

this situation ?? plz suggest. Further can this be tackled if somehow the emails start getting stored in the users home directory like /home/jed/mail ?? if so then how can this be configured. Regards Debi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: user creation ??

end of the username Plz suggest whats wrong. Debi On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Laurent CARON wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I want to create users like 8devis. i.e. user starting with a digit. But > >the system rejects it any hints will be appre

how to manage services ?

Hi, I am new to debina. I have certain services running like lpd rpc etc. In RedHat there is a command chkconfig with which i can start/ top services for certain run levels or completely stop it from running. Can someone suggest how to do it in debian. Regards Azher -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: how to manage services ?

Thnx for the help/suggestions. Azher On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 06:33:41PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > >>I am new to debina. I have certain services running like lpd rpc etc. In > >>RedHat there is a command chkconfig with which i can star

Restricting a shell user to his home dir ?

Hi, I am learning a lot from this mailing list :). I have few shell users, i want to restrict their shell login to their home directories. Like they should not be able to move around in the system and see other user's home directories. Any suggestions would be usefull. Regards Azher -- To

Iptables help ..

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