<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.0.9"> </HEAD> <BODY> You can set de first.last name in the mail aliases file and point them to first_last name accounts. Regards. On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 14:13, Chris wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE>On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:34:50 -0400 (EDT), David Gavin <dgavin@davegavin.com> wrote: > > Chris, > > Using a period in a username will cause you nothing but problems (even > if you insert it manually into /etc/passwd) - period is used in regular > expressions as an "any character" token. Use an underscore, useradd > will accept it, i.e. "john_doe" > > Dave Gavin > > > > Chris said: > > Hi all, > > > > Hope this is the right list :) > > I'm using Fedora Core 2, updated. > > > > Is it possible to add users to the system using a first.last name > > form? I get an error when attempting it: ' useradd: invalid user name > > 'john.doe'. I have to add about 800 names to a mail server and > > shortened versions would have duplicates, I have an older RH 8.0 > > server that I've been able to add users with this user name form, but > > I couldn't see any difference with any config that would allow it. > > > > Thanks for any advice > > > > -- > > C > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@redhat.com > > To unsubscribe: <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A> > > > > Good idea :) I'll do that, thanks for the tip! C</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> ----- IEE José Hugo Pérez Casanova Profesor del Depto. de Ingeniería Electrónica Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>