valid usernames

[Charles Farinella]

Hi,

We are no longer able to create usernames that contain '.', as in
charlie.farinella.  I used to do this, but somewhere along the way that
became a no-no on both RedHat and Slackware.  I'm curious, does anyone
know why?

--charlie

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Charles Farinella 
Appropriate Solutions, Inc. (www.AppropriateSolutions.com)
cfarinella at AppropriateSolutions.com
603.924.6079