Re: Usernames with dots

"jim car" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.psyche
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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
>>>>
>>>>
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