Re: periods in user names (was /usr/afsws/etc/uss)

[Tony_Mauro]

I notice that the AFS Command Reference page for `pts createuser' says
that an AFS user name
 
  may contain up to 63 numbers and lowercase letters. [...the second
  sentence suggests making them eight characters or less...] Also,
  do not include any characters consdiered special in UNIX,
  particularly the colon and period.

I have made a note to include this statement on the pages for `kas
create' and `uss add' also, in the AFS 3.5 documentation.  I will also
try to obtain an exact list of the prohibited "special characters."

Tony Mauro
Transarc File Systems documenter