On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:51:18 +0100, Christophe Chisogne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marc Haber a écrit : >> By default, adduser will verify the user against a configurable >> regexp, default being the most conservative ^[a-z][a-z0-9\-]*$. The >> --force-badname option will change the regexp to a hardcoded >> ^[-\._A-Za-z0-9]*\$?$, allowing users to happily hang themselves. > >To use Samba as a windows (NT) PDC, you must create 'machine' accounts >ending with '$', like 'appolo$'. In that case, the --force-badname >is helpfull.
Which is why --force-badname allows trailing $. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
