> 
> Hi,
> 
> i'm using the latest adduser package from bo-updates and i found that
> it does not accept user names containing 8 bits chars.  I'm talking
> about a user's full name (first name + family name), not short name
> (login name or home directory name).  I don't know if such names are
> supposed to be valid, so i'm asking here before reporting it as a bug.
        Did you try do use "--force-badname" as an option to adduser?

> However such names are very frequent in some countries including
> France.  Moreover other programs reading /etc/passwd (for instance
> finger) support 8 bits chars, once the file is edited.
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
> -- 
> Laurent.
> 


        That's all I know about adduser 8-bit characters...
        Please let me know if it's another kind of problem.



                                        Daniel.

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CECM - Curso Experimental de Ciencias Moleculares - USP
       Experimental Course of Molecular Sciences - University of Sao Paulo


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