Hi,

An alternative solution is to add the name without the trailing '$', then
use vipw to edit the entry by inserting the '$'.

It's an ugly hack, but it get's you around an irritating road-block.

- John T.


On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Jim wrote:

> Change to an OpenLDAP backend.  It will allow the $.  Either that or
> trace the scripts to see where the restriction is and remove it.
>
> Kononov Eldar wrote:
> > Hello!
> > I trying to setup Domain Controller with Samba,
> > but I have some trouble.
> > As I understood, I ought to create "Trust Account" for
> > every mashine, and if mashine name is "vasya" then
> > account should be "vasya$"
> > but FreeBSD is not allowed to create accounts with "$" characters,
> >
> > what should I do ?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > /* spectre */
> >
>
>
>
>

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