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authorYaroslav Tykhiy <ytykhiy@gmail.com>2002-01-28 16:37:35 +0000
committerYaroslav Tykhiy <ytykhiy@gmail.com>2002-01-28 16:37:35 +0000
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Remove the newly added -force option because it made adduser(8)
less robust to possible errors of the user/admin while adduser(8) had been intended to minimize their possibility. An alternative way of introducing strange symbols into usernames to be committed really soon.
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@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
.Op Fl class Ar login_class
.Op Fl config_create
.Op Fl dotdir Ar dotdir
-.Op Fl f | force
.Op Fl group Ar login_group
.Op Fl h | help
.Op Fl home Ar home
@@ -61,9 +60,6 @@ directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
.It Sy username
Login name.
May contain only lowercase characters or digits.
-(See also the
-.Fl force
-option.)
Maximum length
is 16 characters (see
.Xr setlogin 2
@@ -158,10 +154,6 @@ to read/execute/write
.Pa prv ,
.Pa iscreen ,
.Pa term .
-.It Fl force , f
-Add a user even if the username contains illegal characters.
-Only semicolon or newline characters will be disallowed in
-usernames to avoid breaking the password file format.
.It Fl group Ar login_group
Login group.
.Ar USER