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Allow people to add users with dots in their names.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22920
Index: libmisc/chkname.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/shadow/libmisc/chkname.c,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 chkname.c
--- libmisc/chkname.c 12 May 2003 05:29:14 -0000 1.8
+++ libmisc/chkname.c 10 Jan 2005 06:25:47 -0000
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
static int good_name (const char *name)
{
/*
- * User/group names must match [a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*
+ * User/group names must match [a-z_][a-z0-9_-.$]*
*/
if (!*name || !((*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z') || *name == '_'))
return 0;
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
if (!((*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z') ||
(*name >= '0' && *name <= '9') ||
*name == '_' || *name == '-' ||
+ *name == '.' ||
(*name == '$' && *(name + 1) == '\0')))
return 0;
}
Index: man/useradd.8
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RCS file: /cvsroot/shadow/man/useradd.8,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -r1.23 useradd.8
--- man/useradd.8 11 Dec 2004 20:05:01 -0000 1.23
+++ man/useradd.8 10 Jan 2005 06:40:15 -0000
@@ -128,6 +128,23 @@
.PP
If no options are specified, \fBuseradd\fR displays the current default
values.
+.SH RESTRICTS
+Currently, the shadow suite enforces the following restrictions on
+user names:
+
+.nf
+\- must begin with a lower case letter or underscore
+\- can only contain lower case letters, underscores, and dashes
+\- may end with a dollar sign
+\- regex for these requirements: [a\-z_][a\-z0-9_\-$]*
+.fi
+
+The length of usernames is restricted by glibc (via the UT_NAMESIZE define
+in the utmp header file). This may range from 8 characters on older
+systems to 32 characters on newer systems.
+
+Note Gentoo adds a patch which allows people to create usernames with a
+dot in them.
.SH NOTES
The system administrator is responsible for placing the default user files
in the \fI/etc/skel/\fR directory.
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