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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2006-06-07 04:58:54 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2006-06-07 04:58:54 +0000
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Add adding_user.8 to SEE ALSO, note that usernames may contain any character
but not being with a hyphen, similar to adding_user.8. PR: 35732
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
index a87e6af..018c164 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 30, 2004
+.Dd June 7, 2006
.Dt ADDUSER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ The user name is restricted to whatever
.Xr pw 8
will accept.
Generally this means it
-may contain only lowercase characters or digits.
+may contain only lowercase characters or digits but cannot begin with
+.Sq Fl
+character.
Maximum length
is 16 characters.
The reasons for this limit are historical.
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ in
and recompile the
world; people have done this and it works, but you will have problems
with any precompiled programs, or source that assumes the 8-character
-name limit and NIS.
+name limit, such as NIS.
The NIS protocol mandates an 8-character username.
If you need a longer login name for e-mail addresses,
you can define an alias in
@@ -431,6 +433,7 @@ logfile for
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr shells 5 ,
+.Xr adding_user 8 ,
.Xr pw 8 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr rmuser 8 ,
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