Re: Debian Stole My Name!
Hal Vaughan wrote:
> I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks
> me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a
> username (although in all lower case).
>
> Etch won't let me do this. I did it in Sarge, did it in earlier
> versions, did it in Mandrake, Redhat, and also use it in Ubuntu. And
> now Etch won't let me use "hal" as a login name.
> ...
I'm running Etch and it lets me add user hal:
% sudo adduser hal
Adding user `hal' ...
Adding new group `hal' (1003) ...
Adding new user `hal' (1003) with group `hal' ...
Creating home directory `/home/hal' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
New UNIX password:
...
% getent passwd
...
hal:x:1003:1003::/home/hal:/bin/bash
Uname says:
Linux viilipytty 2.6.22-4-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 10:29:27 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
and /etc/debian_version: 4.0
Tried that on another Etch box. Works ok, too. :/
--
Juha Tuuna
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