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Re: users starting with digits?



Ben Jorgensen wrote:
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> I can't seem to create users starting with digits with debian2.0. Is there a reason I shouldn't? If I want to do it anyway,
> can I just change an existing users login name by editing the files group, gshadow, passwd and shadow?
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Users should not begin w/ a number.  My BSDi box at work does not allow
this either.  Make the first letter be a letter then numbers from
there.  Do not force this, apps may break.


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