What was the exact command line string you used? -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rajanish Rai Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:17 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: adding user starting with caps letter fails on linux I tried to add user with name 'NewUser' and got following message - useradd: invalid user name 'NewUser' Can someone help me to know the reason behind it? Thanx raja __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list