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| author |   Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-06-07 04:58:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-06-07 04:58:54 +0000 |
| commit | 68c3f686a6358e0c20375fead57fe1607f23393f (patch) | |
| tree | 2684ee333fea3ddaf140ef1fa42fc539503870ab /adduser | |
| parent | 8efcbefcd968426b00e38666f91918bd85453b0f (diff) | |
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Add adding_user.8 to SEE ALSO, note that usernames may contain any character
but not being with a hyphen, similar to adding_user.8.
PR: 35732
Diffstat (limited to 'adduser')
| -rw-r--r-- | adduser/adduser.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/adduser/adduser.8 b/adduser/adduser.8 index a87e6af..018c164 100644 --- a/adduser/adduser.8 +++ b/adduser/adduser.8 @@ -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 , |