I think it's a 'shell' thing... you have to escape the $ or isolate it
from shell expansion with single-quotes. Try something like:
adduser machine-name\$
or
adduser 'machine-name$'
FYI, I ran into this on RH9, too.
--
Jay Leafey
Memphis, TN
jay.leafey at mindless.com
It may be your sole purpose in life to serve as a warning to others
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