Rejects Valid Username
Bug #36309 reported by
jtshaw
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| user-setup (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When installing Dapper I attempted to set my username to j_shaw and it rejected it (jshaw was fine). I believe that j_shaw is a valid username according to the POSIX standards so I'm unsure as to why it rejected it.
| Changed in base-installer: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote | #1 |
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| David Balažic (xerces8) wrote | #2 |
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At Feisty...
kmos@bash:~$ sudo adduser j_saw
Password:
adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured
via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname'
option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX.