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Re: Userid/passwords
- To: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Userid/passwords
- From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf at noris dot de>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:13:04 +0100
Hi,
> user name
> A string that is used to identify a user, as described in user database . To
> be portable across XSI-conformant systems, the value must be composed of
> characters from the portable filename character set. The hyphen should not
> be used as the first character of a portable user name.
>
Note that using a dot in user names isn't a good idea. Think "chown
foo.bar FILE".
--
Matthias Urlichs