'tis my opinion that presents a security risk. An alias will hide the
actual username from the internet.
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Ronald KA4INM
Youvan
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:41 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] user's name
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?
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73 (= Best Regards) de: Ron ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com
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