Re: user creation ??

[Laurent CARON <lcaron@apartia.fr>]

debi@niit.edu.pk 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 appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Debi
>
>
>  
man adduser =>

> --force-badname
>               By default, user and group names are required to  
> consist  of  a
>               lowercase  letter  followed by zero or more lowercase 
> letters or
>               numbers. Dashes in the username  are  accepted  as  
> well.   This
>               option forces adduser and addgroup to be more lenient.