Am 2004-11-27 19:07:55, schrieb Ralf Gesel|ensetter: > Hi there, > > at the moment, newly created user names are restricted by wlus to > - 8 characters of length > - only alphanumeric characters I do not know "wlus", but curently there is adduser changing to accept a-z A-Z _ - . > Schools that migrate from an existing system also wish to move their > naming conventions. Hence there are severe suggestions to loosen the > described restrictions. Now the argue is about what should be the new > limits: > > As opposed to libc-5, libc-6 allows usernames up to 32 (i.e. 31 + \0) > Others say: Either have a limit of 8 or no limit at all! > > How about underscore ("_"), dash ("-") and dot (".")? Within email These are legal characters for Log-In names. > addresses, each of those are quite common. I do need the dash only. I uase the "." (dot) since POTATO by changing the file '/usr/sbin/adduser'. I think, all $USER accounting tools should support it. > Thanks for contributing > Regards > Ralf Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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