On Friday 10 October 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > 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] > # > > What is the error message you get?
I'm not using adduser, which may be part of the issue. I'm doing an install through netboot and I run into this when it asks me for a user besides root to create an account. I use "hal" as the username and the response is that I can't use it because it's reserved for the system. Maybe it's used during setup and eventually removed at the end of the install. When I get it running, I'll see if I can add a user with my name with adduser. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
