[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Debian's "other" does not appear to follow the GECOS properties. > > http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?passwd+4
Yes. The -o flag for chfn explicitly permits you to to break the usual restriction on characters allowed within this field (set by other options) and so allows you to set 'undefined portions of the GECOS field'. However, note that only someone with root privileges can use this option. We do not (AFAIK) document the format of the GECOS field in the LSB spec. The man page for passwd(5) in the shadow package mentions additional fields for the 'comment/GECOS' field for setting the initial value of nice, umask and ulimit which is looked for by login. This however, does not appear to be consistent across all distributions at this time. Should we also be standardising this field and what optional portions are permitted? Regards, Chris. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Open Source Ice-Cream
