My apologies for not having notice the closely related #521883 before submitting this. They can't immediately be merged because of the severity mismatch, and the discussion in #521883 seems to have drifted somewhat. I do like the idea of having a separate NAME_REGEX for system users, although that's definitely wishlist material while I still see this bug as a regression.
- Bug#914621: adduser: please allow a leading underscore in us... Sergio Gelato
- Bug#914621: adduser: please allow a leading underscore ... Sergio Gelato

