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Re: Userid/passwords
- To: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Userid/passwords
- From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf at noris dot de>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:30:12 +0100
- Cc: bug-fileutils at gnu dot org
Hi,
>>> [ SuS says dots are OK in user names ]
>> [ chown doesn't like dots ]
> That's why chown foo:bar FILE is the preferred syntax and foo.bar is only a
> deprecated extension for compatibility with older scripts.
>
Unfortunately, GNU fileutils doesn't accept dots in user names, and
the manpage (which arguably shouldn't be used when Info files exist)
doesn't document colons.
Cc to bug-fileutils@gnu.org.
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Matthias Urlichs