On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Hiisi <saippua5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > pe, 2010-12-03 kello 02:04 -0500, Tom H kirjoitti: >> I've always assumed that Linux had the same restrictions but "man 5 >> passwd" on my F14 box yields nothing so I've just googled and the only >> restriction that >> http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man5/passwd.5.html >> sets is "It should not contain capital letters". > > Probably it's not a restriction but just a recommendation. > ]$ whoami > Sampo True. I've just checked "man 5 passwd" on a Debian sid VM and it doesn't have the "capital letters" text. (I had to install man-pages to get the passwd(5) manpage. It's strange that a Fed Live CD install doesn't include it. I presume that it's to make space.) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines