[wellylug] Usernames with a '.'

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Ian Beardslee:


> I know that they can be done - my slackware install can. It means that I
> can get the username and password on the laptop and the work Windows 
> network sync'd.
In Slack not without brute force (using your favourite editor).
Both the useradd executable and the adduser script will swear
at you, it's a rule enforced by shadow.  But as I said, use 
vi and mv ;)