d/freebsd-skq
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Add adding_user.8 to SEE ALSO, note that usernames may contain any character

Browse Source 
but not being with a hyphen, similar to adding_user.8.

PR:	35732
This commit is contained in:
trhodes 2006-06-07 04:58:54 +00:00
parent 20e391b445
commit 213cb6a2b9
1 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

9
usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
View File

@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 30, 2004
.Dd June 7, 2006
.Dt ADDUSER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ The user name is restricted to whatever
.Xr pw 8
will accept.
Generally this means it
may contain only lowercase characters or digits.
may contain only lowercase characters or digits but cannot begin with
.Sq Fl
character.
Maximum length
is 16 characters.
The reasons for this limit are historical.
@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ in
and recompile the
world; people have done this and it works, but you will have problems
with any precompiled programs, or source that assumes the 8-character
name limit and NIS.
name limit, such as NIS.
The NIS protocol mandates an 8-character username.
If you need a longer login name for e-mail addresses,
you can define an alias in
@ -431,6 +433,7 @@ logfile for
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr shells 5 ,
.Xr adding_user 8 ,
.Xr pw 8 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr rmuser 8 ,