[SLUG] user's name

From: Ronald KA4INM Youvan (ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jun 15 2004 - 21:41:24 EDT

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I tried to add a new user to my system with a dot (period) in his name
(like jim.smith) but /usr/sbin/useradd does not allow this.
Some of my books say it should be "adduser" or some such.
I simply wanted to have the same user name as the E-mail name.
Is this a Slackware or a LINUX or an UNIX restriction?
I used a hyphen, but I'm not happy. Any way around this?

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