On Fri,10.Oct.08, 01:50:56, Hal Vaughan wrote: > 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. It works on sid (and probably also lenny):
# LANG=C adduser hal
Adding user `hal' ...
Adding new group `hal' (1002) ...
Adding new user `hal' (1002) with group `hal' ...
Creating home directory `/home/hal' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for hal
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [Y/n]
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What is the error message you get?
Regards,
Andrei
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