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 at 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 > -- > Ralph Angenendt......ra at br-online.de | .."Text processing has made it possible > Bayerischer Rundfunk...80300 München | ....to right-justify any idea, even one > Programmbereich.Bayern 3, Jugend und | .which cannot be justified on any other > Multimedia.........Tl:089.5900.16023 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- Cleber P. de Souza