Am 03/07/2017 um 17:34 schrieb dev: > On 07/03/2017 10:17 AM, Evilham wrote: >> Am 03/07/2017 um 17:06 schrieb dev: >>> Would this be a good case to dis-allow ^0-9 by default but add a switch >>> to allow it? >> >> What's the case for disallowing those at all? names starting with a >> digit _are_ valid usernames. > > > useradd and adduser work differently. One allows it, the other does not. > Just thought 'why not make them work the same?'. That's all.
That's the thing, we can do that :-) probably should, but the "right way" (from a standards point of view) would be to actually allow those names ^^ not to disallow them. So instead of modifying the way useradd works, the way adduser works should be fixed (so, shadow). > > Yes, seems to me it would be a patch with upstream, not Devuan. Most > likely this whole thing pointless since AD and SAMBA would break because > of changing it. :/ > I think allowing those previously disallowed users in shadow would not have a negative influence on AD / SAMBA integrations, maybe even a positive one. (Plus: better OS consistency). -- Evilham _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
