tech-userlevel: Re: chown/chgrp problem: is "." a separator or part of a name ?

Subject: Re: chown/chgrp problem: is "." a separator or part of a name ?
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 05/06/2000 17:47:20

Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net> writes:
> imho, . should not be allowed as part of a username.

Well, the standards documents disagree with you.

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