Re: Usernames with dots

["Lionel M. Worman" <lworman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        I've just tested this out, and the GUI cannot create users with 
dots in the username. You can still create the users via the useradd 
command though.

Lionel M. Worman
Information Technology Coordinator
Wittenberg University

At 07:42 AM 08/01/2003 -0400, Lionel M. Worman wrote:
>         Well the weird thing is that if I use the useradd function to 
> create the account it actually creates the accounts now.
> i.e.
>         useradd -u 503 -s /bin/csh -d /home/john.smith -p password john.smith
>
> nothing would appear in the appropriate passwd files, nor would the home 
> directory be built. Now though it seems to work.
>         Although previously I had been using the Red Hat 8 GUI for users 
> and groups and that never worked. Maybe its a flaw in that?
>
> I'll check it out and get back to the list with that.
>
> Lionel M. Worman
> Information Technology Coordinator
> Wittenberg University
>
> At 09:04 PM 07/31/2003 -0700, jim car wrote:
> > Lionel,
> >
> > What do you mean that the account is not actually built?
> >
> > One of the servers that I am a sys admin of has accounts with periods in it.
> > We do not use LDAP authentication with it though, so I don't know if that
> > is your problem or not.
> >
> > On the desktop - MacOS X
> > In the server room - Linux
> > Windows? In the trash?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: "Lionel M. Worman" <lworman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Usernames with dots
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:29:35 -0400
> > >
> > > We use dots in our usernames for LDAP, sort of like
> > > John.Smith
> > >
> > > But when I try to create a similar account in Red Hat 8.0 so that I can 
> > > use LDAP authentication the account is never actually built.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on how to create accounts with dots in the names in Red Hat?
> > >
> > > Lionel M. Worman
> > > Information Technology Coordinator
> > > Wittenberg University
> > >
> > >
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