2008/10/10 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks > me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a > username (although in all lower case). > > Etch won't let me do this. I did it in Sarge, did it in earlier > versions, did it in Mandrake, Redhat, and also use it in Ubuntu. And > now Etch won't let me use "hal" as a login name. > > I've been told that the system should use something like "hal-daemon" > instead, but it's not letting me do this. > > Unfortunately, this is going to be a server on this LAN, including > providing NIS for all my other systems. > > This stinks. > > It royally stinks. You'd think someone would have seen this as an issue > when setting it up. Hal isn't the most common name, but it's not > uncommon and it's certainly a name most geeks are aware of (hey, if the > haven't seen 2001, then they're not true geeks!). > > > Hal > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
are you able to set the real name to Hal and then set the username as something else? from gdm i can log is as either lachlan (real name) or user (username) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
