On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:17:39PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Underscore and Dot are NOT valid characters in unix usernames.
> 
> Dont know how the hell ubuntu allows you to create users like that
On my debian box I can override NAME_REGEX to allow anything, but it is
not recommended.

> 
> Create users in something like an ldap db

And back it up twice a day with ldap shut down and also run a
replicator. You just can't back up ldap enough. A slapcat human readable
file is worth it's weight in gold.

-Indraneel
 


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