On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Richard Toohey <[email protected]> wrote: > Entirely as a learning exercise - is there a technical reason, or something > that is inadvisable about using the period in the user name?
All the software (besides just the installer) that doesn't like usernames with dots or other funny letters in them. People have been writing software for 40 years that "knows" what usernames look like.
