[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#364909: this bug/#364909/useradd: confusion in man page; suggested fix

Justin Pryzby justinpryzby at users.sourceforge.net
Wed May 17 12:16:34 UTC 2006


found 364909 1:4.0.15-7
thanks

I think one issue remains:

> +      On Debian, the constraints on the username are loosened:
> +      Usernames must neither start by a dash ('-') nor contain a
> colon (':')
> +      or an end of line ('\n').

Does this mean that these are the *only* constraints?  If so, it
should say:

  the only constraints are that usernames must neither start with a
  dash ('-') nor contain a colon (':') or an end of line ('\n')".

Note also that I s/by/with/.




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