On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 18:33, Chris wrote: > 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. Why not use aliases? e.g. in /etc/aliases john.doe: jdoe Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
