Re: Usernames with dots
"jim car" <[email protected]>
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Oh, I see. I have never used linux with the GUI, only command line. Glad to hear that you figured it out. On the desktop - MacOS X In the server room - Linux Windows? In the trash? >From: "Lionel M. Worman" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Usernames with dots >Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 07:49:33 -0400 > > I've just tested this out, and the GUI cannot create users with >dots in the username. You can still create the users via the useradd >command though. > >Lionel M. Worman >Information Technology Coordinator >Wittenberg University > >At 07:42 AM 08/01/2003 -0400, Lionel M. Worman wrote: >> Well the weird thing is that if I use the useradd function to >>create the account it actually creates the accounts now. >>i.e. >> useradd -u 503 -s /bin/csh -d /home/john.smith -p password >>john.smith >> >>nothing would appear in the appropriate passwd files, nor would the home >>directory be built. Now though it seems to work. >> Although previously I had been using the Red Hat 8 GUI for users >>and groups and that never worked. Maybe its a flaw in that? >> >>I'll check it out and get back to the list with that. >> >>Lionel M. Worman >>Information Technology Coordinator >>Wittenberg University >> >>At 09:04 PM 07/31/2003 -0700, jim car wrote: >>>Lionel, >>> >>>What do you mean that the account is not actually built? >>> >>>One of the servers that I am a sys admin of has accounts with periods in >>>it. >>>We do not use LDAP authentication with it though, so I don't know if that >>>is your problem or not. >>> >>>On the desktop - MacOS X >>>In the server room - Linux >>>Windows? In the trash? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>From: "Lionel M. Worman" <[email protected]> >>>>Reply-To: [email protected] >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Subject: Usernames with dots >>>>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:29:35 -0400 >>>> >>>>We use dots in our usernames for LDAP, sort of like >>>>John.Smith >>>> >>>>But when I try to create a similar account in Red Hat 8.0 so that I can >>>>use LDAP authentication the account is never actually built. >>>> >>>>Any ideas on how to create accounts with dots in the names in Red Hat? >>>> >>>>Lionel M. Worman >>>>Information Technology Coordinator >>>>Wittenberg University >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Psyche-list mailing list >>>>[email protected] >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >>>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Psyche-list mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >> >> >> >>-- >>Psyche-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > >-- >Psyche-list mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- Psyche-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list