This change disallows floating point and hexadecimal representations of numbers as well as purely numeric, which should be a good compromise. For example, 0x0 is now invalid, as well as 0x123456789 and 0.0, while 0x0x0x0x is considered valid. It also adds these new restrictions to the man page.
** Patch added: "invalid hexadecimal and floating point" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1927078/+attachment/5510089/+files/lp1927078_fully_numeric_and_hex.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927078 Title: Don't allow useradd to use fully numeric names To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1927078/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
