> I tried to add a new user to my system with a dot (period) in his name
> (like jim.smith) but /usr/sbin/useradd does not allow this.
> Some of my books say it should be "adduser" or some such.
> I simply wanted to have the same user name as the E-mail name.
> Is this a Slackware or a LINUX or an UNIX restriction?
> I used a hyphen, but I'm not happy. Any way around this?
I thought that was always done with LDAP or similar - not actual usernames.
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