Re: invalid user name

2003-08-28 Thread Felix Mathais
just as a matter of interest: whao has the same name as me, Felix? would be nice to talk to a linux user as me with the same name Felix _ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband -

Re: invalid user name

2003-08-28 Thread jurvis lasalle
because a period (or colon) can be used to separate arguments to commands like chown. for example, > chown user1.group1 somefile makes user1 the owner and group1 the group of somefile. if periods were allowed in usernames, all hell could break loose. the same goes for #'s, and :'s. i know th

Re: invalid user name

2003-08-28 Thread Felix
I have red hat 9 Does any one know why I can“t use dot in user names Can I change it. It happend when I try to add a user adduser username.lastname. thanks in advance felix