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Diffstat (limited to 'man/useradd.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/useradd.8.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml index af02a23f..a36db793 100644 --- a/man/useradd.8.xml +++ b/man/useradd.8.xml @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ the system will use the <option>SHELL</option> variable specified in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or, if that is as well not set, the field for the login shell in <filename>/etc/passwd - </filename>remains empty. + </filename> remains empty. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -692,10 +692,14 @@ </para> <para> - Usernames must start with a lower case letter or an underscore, - followed by lower case letters, digits, underscores, or dashes. - They can end with a dollar sign. - In regular expression terms: [a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]? + Usernames may contain only lower and upper case letters, digits, + underscores, or dashes. They can end with a dollar sign. + + Dashes are not allowed at the beginning of the username. + Fully numeric usernames and usernames . or .. are + also disallowed. It is not recommended to use usernames beginning + with . character as their home directories will be hidden in + the <command>ls</command> output. </para> <para> Usernames may only be up to 32 characters long. |