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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 index 27f81a75b42..46d8a31e6a0 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.27 2003/01/29 16:53:36 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.28 2003/05/13 01:23:10 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>. Berlin. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -216,8 +216,10 @@ politely refuses to remove users whose UID is 0 (typically root). .Sh RESTRICTIONS .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Sy username -Login names should contain only lowercase characters or digits. -They should be no longer than 31 characters (see BUGS section of +It is recommended that login names contain only lowercase characters +and digits. They may also contain uppercase characters, non-leading +hyphens, periods, and a trailing '$'. +Login names may not be longer than 31 characters (see BUGS section of .Xr setlogin 2 ) . .\" The reasons for this limit are "Historical". .\" Given that people have traditionally wanted to break this |