On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 05:33:07PM -0200, Fabio Pugliese Ornellas wrote: > I can not explain how the following can happen: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvs# addgroup 'a:a' > addgroup: To avoid problems, the username should consist of > letters, digits, underscores, periods and dashes. For compatibility with > Samba machine accounts $ is also supported at the end of the username > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvs# addgroup 'a_a' > addgroup: Please enter a username matching the regular expression > configured > via the name_regex configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname' > option to relax this check or reconfigure name_regex. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvs#
The code regarding account name validation has been completely re-worked since the sarge release. I suspect this has been fixed since then. A group name with : is unlikely to work in a traditional /etc/group setup. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
