Re: user creation ??

[debi@niit.edu.pk]

Hi,

thnx for the hint ... but when i try #adduser --force-badname 88jed then 
it says:

adduser: To avoid problems, the username should consist of a letter or
underscore followed by letters, digits, underscores, and dashes. For
compatibility with Samba machine accounts also $ is supported at the
end of the username

Plz suggest whats wrong.

Debi


On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Laurent CARON wrote:

> 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.
> 
>