Adding users with first.last name

[Chris]

All excellent solutions, thanks!
C


----- Original Message -----
From: Hugo Perez Casanova <casanova at electronica.itver.edu.mx>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:38:58 -0500
Subject: Re: Adding users with first.last name
To: Chris <metrion at gmail.com>, For users of Fedora Core releases
<fedora-list at redhat.com>

 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: 
 On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:34:50 -0400 (EDT), David Gavin
<dgavin at 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 at redhat.com > > To unsubscribe:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Good idea
:) I'll do that, thanks for the tip! C
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 IEE José Hugo Pérez Casanova
 Profesor del Depto. de Ingeniería Electrónica
 Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz