Hi ! I already digged maillist, i understand why cannot be dot in the username while i "adduser", my Q is that if there is some workaround or some patch, i really need to allow dot in usernames it is to ugly to modify /etc/pass entry's. I looket too at src.rpms i coud not figure out where to touch, i see no redhatish patch wich remove the dot feauture and in tarball is difficult to find out. Any sugestion ? cristian