I didnt find a way to create usernames with dots, but you could create a normal user without dots and so change passwd, shadow and group by hand to the new username with dots.
On 3/2/06, Ralph Angenendt ra+centos@br-online.de wrote:
spart cus wrote:
hi guys, how can i create a username with period ? Like for example username: linux.spartacus
That *might* lead to problems within application software not expecting punctuation in usernames.
Why do you want to do this? Maybe there is another solution to the problem you are trying to solve ...
Ralph
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