[Freeipa-users] Cannot enter $ character in "group name" of "user groups"

[Martin Babinsky]

On 02/15/2017 10:57 AM, Dimitris Beletsiotis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Despite the documentation that says that we can use $ in "group names"
> the web gui does not allow it, pls see attached.
> Is there some option to enable this?
>
> Thanks,
> Dimitris Beletsiotis
>
>

The IdM documentation states that dollar sign at the end of user/group 
name is due to Samba 3.x support[1]. I an yet to find a reason why $ is 
forbidden in all other positions.

[1] 
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Linux_Domain_Identity_Authentication_and_Policy_Guide/managing-users-life-cycle.html#username-format

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Martin^3 Babinsky