[wellylug] Usernames with a '.'

[Ian Beardslee]

> On 1/18/06, pmilne  wrote:
> > I seem to remember that such user names are 'deprecated' as leaving a
> > security hole in some circumstances.

Hmm, so why is it a risk?  how does the '.' get in the way of things?  Wierd!
 
-----Original Message-----
From: jumbophut <>

> In any case, there should be absolutely no problem with using a
> full-stop.  As far as I know it's just a problem with useradd.

When did that change?  I mean, I know I used useradd to add me as
'ian.beardslee' on my slackware server a couple of years back.  Ah the
joys ...