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Re: Userid/passwords
- To: Matthias Urlichs <smurf at noris dot de>
- Subject: Re: Userid/passwords
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:21:41 +0100
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <p05010403b6b2bb2d5255@[10.2.6.42]>
- Reply-To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:13:04PM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
> > user name
> > A string that is used to identify a user, as described in user database . To
> > be portable across XSI-conformant systems, the value must be composed of
> > characters from the portable filename character set. The hyphen should not
> > be used as the first character of a portable user name.
> >
> Note that using a dot in user names isn't a good idea. Think "chown
> foo.bar FILE".
That's why chown foo:bar FILE is the preferred syntax and foo.bar is only a
deprecated extension for compatibility with older scripts.
Jakub