On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Randy Donohoe wrote: > In trying to set up sendmail on Libranet 2.7 we're having problems with > periods in usernames. Libranet won't let you use periods in usernames, > so we're going in to the password files and changing them manually. Are > we creating security problems? Why won't some programs let you use > puncuation marks?
Redhat doesn't seem to have a problem with periods (.). However, other types of punctuation would be bad, since they can have special meanings. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
