Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 11:27:13 -0400, Travis Crump [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:58:55AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? Well, the issue is specific to GNU/Linux / Unix user IDs. Other OSs may have different legal names. In this case, the appropriate approach IMO is what I suggested previously: create a conformance mapping between the external and local name(s). Sometimes you've got to roll with things and be a little flexible. Peace. To be clear, use of '.' as a delimiter is deprecated in favor of ':'. As long as you always use ':' as your delimiter, chown at least has no problems with .'s in ids. ..my issue with . in usernames is _I_ get other peoples email because my pop3 service provider boxes are managed by idiots. Allright, their support monkeys are _nice_, the last one put a few hundred Swen mails in the webmail's trash folder on trying to delete it. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:58:55AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? Well, the issue is specific to GNU/Linux / Unix user IDs. Other OSs may have different legal names. In this case, the appropriate approach IMO is what I suggested previously: create a conformance mapping between the external and local name(s). Sometimes you've got to roll with things and be a little flexible. Peace. To be clear, use of '.' as a delimiter is deprecated in favor of ':'. As long as you always use ':' as your delimiter, chown at least has no problems with .'s in ids. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:58:55AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? Well, the issue is specific to GNU/Linux / Unix user IDs. Other OSs may have different legal names. In this case, the appropriate approach IMO is what I suggested previously: create a conformance mapping between the external and local name(s). Sometimes you've got to roll with things and be a little flexible. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Reform three-strikes: stop jailing nonviolent offenders. http://www.amend3strikes.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. Can anyone show me a possibility to make adduser ignore this restriction for this one time? The user is only for cvs access via pserver, he does not need a home directory and interactive shell access. just ignore adduser. Add the user by hand to the passwd and shadow files, and change his password with passwd. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Schildbach - Java J2EE software development and architecture http://www.schildbach.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. Can anyone show me a possibility to make adduser ignore this restriction for this one time? The user is only for cvs access via pserver, he does not need a home directory and interactive shell access. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Schildbach - Java J2EE software development and architecture http://www.schildbach.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
