usernames

[Jack Berger]

Kurt is correct here.

A simple solution, unless you're locked in on this approach is to use
non-punctuated usernames, and then alias them for mail purposes, as in:

jh.berger:     jhb

in an alias file that your mta reads. This is the way I've usually seen it done.

-jhb-
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From:   kwall at kurtwerks.com

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:19:34PM -0500, Randy Donohoe wrote:
>> In trying to set up sendmail on Libranet 2.7 we're having problems with 
>> periods in usernames. Libranet won't let you use periods in usernames, 
>> so we're going in to the password files and changing them manually. Are 
>> we creating security problems? Why won't some programs let you use 
>> puncuation marks? 
>
> Because periods and other punctuation marks are typically used
> in regular expressions, so processing usernames with, say, !
> in it becomes quite interesting and requires special handling.
> For example: