>> /usr/sbin/pw useradd -ntest [EMAIL PROTECTED] -d/home/test -g1000 -s/bin/sh
>> -u1000
>> pw: invalid character `@' at position 4 in gecos field
>>
>> Who is right of both the program ? :-)
>>
>> IMHO I find usefull to have the @ in the gecos field because it is an easy
>> way to associate login <-> email in multidomain enviroment.
>> But probably there is some drawback I am not aware of ...
>> Any explanation ?
>
>The problem is pw being unreasonably restrictive.
>
>In the same way, you can't use pw to add a user with a $ in their name,
>which is necessary for samba.
If having such chars is not an hazard or a risk why some committer don't modify pw to let it to use them ?
Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://utenti.gufi.org/~gmarco/
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