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* [gentoo-user] usernames starting w/ digit
@ 2008-06-23 13:06 Enrico Weigelt
  2008-06-23 14:32 ` Joe User
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From: Enrico Weigelt @ 2008-06-23 13:06 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user


Hi folks,


while migrating stuff to an fresh Gentoo box, I've recognized 
that useradd doesn't accept usernames starting with a digit
(while manually changing in passwd still seems to work fine).

Why does Gentoo's useradd doesnt accept usernames starting 
digits, while other distros do ?


cu
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* Re: [gentoo-user] usernames starting w/ digit
  2008-06-23 13:06 [gentoo-user] usernames starting w/ digit Enrico Weigelt
@ 2008-06-23 14:32 ` Joe User
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Joe User @ 2008-06-23 14:32 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Enrico Weigelt schrieb:
> Hi folks,
> 
> 
> while migrating stuff to an fresh Gentoo box, I've recognized 
> that useradd doesn't accept usernames starting with a digit
> (while manually changing in passwd still seems to work fine).
> 
> Why does Gentoo's useradd doesnt accept usernames starting 
> digits, while other distros do ?
> 
> 
> cu

Hi,

look at shadow-$version/libmisc/chkname.c and the gentoo patches.

Regards,
Joe User
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