Chris, Using a period in a username will cause you nothing but problems (even if you insert it manually into /etc/passwd) - period is used in regular expressions as an "any character" token. Use an underscore, useradd will accept it, i.e. "john_doe" Dave Gavin Chris said: > Hi all, > > Hope this is the right list :) > I'm using Fedora Core 2, updated. > > Is it possible to add users to the system using a first.last name > form? I get an error when attempting it: ' useradd: invalid user name > 'john.doe'. I have to add about 800 names to a mail server and > shortened versions would have duplicates, I have an older RH 8.0 > server that I've been able to add users with this user name form, but > I couldn't see any difference with any config that would allow it. > > Thanks for any advice > > -- > C > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
