On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 12:22:38PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
They are planning to remove the --badname option from useradd, making it impossible to even try UTF-8 user names, without patching useradd.
Or edit the passwd file (vipw), or use any non-passwd-file authentication mechanism, or use a different user management tool, etc. I think you're overemphasizing the importance of the useradd command here--it just acts as a convenience and sets some baseline policies; it's not actually essential for adding a user. If you don't like the policy that useradd sets...just don't use it.
