Bug#508740: adduser: confusing message regarding format of group names

2011-11-23 Thread Vincent McIntyre
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 09:44:11PM +1100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:48:50AM +1100, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > > addgroup: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured > > via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname' > > option to

Bug#508740: adduser: confusing message regarding format of group names

2011-11-23 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:48:50AM +1100, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > addgroup: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured > via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname' > option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX. NAME_REGEX is mentioned

Bug#508740: adduser: confusing message regarding format of group names

2008-12-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-12-15 08:48:50, schrieb Vincent McIntyre: > What this error message means, in translation, is > "I don't like underscores in group names". > However it takes quite a bit of looking at it to "get" this meaning. > Is there some way to make this meaning clearer to the reader? > > I looked at

Bug#508740: adduser: confusing message regarding format of group names

2008-12-14 Thread Vincent McIntyre
Package: adduser Version: 3.102 Severity: minor *** Please type your report below this line *** I tried to do this: # adduser --group --system fu_bar and got this result: addgroup: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use