> > > The '$' is a pain. None of the examples in the original post > > > would have worked, because the '$' was not '\$', and the shell > > > would have blown chunks over the "variable expansion". > > > > Your foundation is flawed, we allow $ in passwd just fine, and > > the only problem here is whether a pw should let someone do > > something we support which they might need to do. > > Apply the patch. > > Then try to add a user with a trailing "$" via adduser(1); Note > the failure.
I think NAKAJI Hiroyuki pointed out that adduser has nothing to do with pw_user and if you add usernameregexp = '^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_-]*[a-z0-9_$-]$' to /etc/adduser.conf adduser will then allow $'s To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
