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Originally posted by LogicMagic
Why does useradd only allow ASCII passwords and requires an ASCII char at the beginning of the username?
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Maybe to make life easier for admins, and avoid
confusion? :} And a numeric login name could
cause confusion with a numeric UID ...
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If you have to md5 your password and edit the etc/password file every time, there is no Operating System, but a big hack. I started a long time ago, so I am not afraid, but GUIs are supposed to hide everything and make things easier. So what if you can work around the problem. A better solution is to remove the problem.
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I wasn't talking about MD5ing passwords, and the
password these days is in /etc/shadow, anyway.
I was talking about a userid that's numeric. As for
the Gooey bit - I couldn't care less. I'm happy to
do admin tasks in text mode, that way I can easily
script things, or do them through a 9.6KB connection
if need be...
As a rule of thumb you should assume that things
are the way they are for a good reason, the UNIX
way has matured over a LONG period of time. The
fact that it's different from what you'd expect probably
just means that your way of thinking is wrong.
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I should not be penalized for choosing Russian during the install process. That is my point. It is a bug if you ask me. Of couse, my father in law can choose an ASCII username, he will never know about this problem, but I hope to improve Linux for future users.
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Well, then don't rant, grab kdm's or gdm's or xdm's source, and
build-in a locale-chooser...
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Just trying to make the free world a better place.
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Whatever ... :}
Cheers,
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