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
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