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From: dwn@swbatl.UUCP (4007)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What chars can REALLY be in usernames?
Message-ID: <994@swbatl.UUCP>
Date: 1 Dec 89 02:25:28 GMT
References: <1989Nov21.202349.5303@gdt.bath.ac.uk> <1989Nov29.132320.18877@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Reply-To: dwn@swbatl.UUCP (David Neill-OKCy Mktg 405-278-4007)
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In article <1989Nov29.132320.18877@gdt.bath.ac.uk> exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) writes:
>I posted the question in the subject field about a week ago.  Following 
>is a summary of the responses I received:
>
>		      ----------------
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...stuff deleted
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>At this level, then you're left with a-z, 0-9, -, and +.
>
...more stuff deleted

and it might be unwise to allow the "-" character as the
first character...

$ mail -user
mail: unknown option u
$

Recommend you stay with [a-z] for initial character of logname.
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