Or assign the user standard no dot login and let the mta handle dot name aliases for those users. ie alias john.doe -> jdoe and all mail sent to john.doe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx goes to user named jdoe. Search google, there are many instructions on setting up dot name aliases. jay On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:09:48AM -0400, Yang Xiao wrote: > Have you tried to change the passwd file directly? > Yang > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nicolas [mailto:nope_shape@xxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 7:29 AM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: system users with dot in the name > > > > > > Hi to all, > > i would like to create users with dot in the name.. for > > example mydomain.com adduser doesn't permit this but it > > permitted in the redhat8.. How can i do this? > > > > Best > > Nic > > > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >