Vidol Loeung said: > Dear all: > > I'm having problems creating user names that start with a digit (such > as: 45joe) or contain a dot (such as: joe.lim). > What are other rules/conventions with user names? Is there any way I can > change those rules? > > > Thanks, > Vidol > > Now why you want to go and make it complicated;) "The Linux kernel itself treats users are mere numbers. Each user is identified by a unique integer, the user id or uid, because numbers are faster and easier for a computer to process than textual names. A separate database outside the kernel assigns a textual name, the username, to each user id. The database contains additional information as well." With that said, why not just use joe45? jay -- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
