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Re: create username begin numbers

 
Fernando Jose P de Souz
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create username begin numbers

Hi,

I would like create user (000273) beginning numbers.

O.S.: HP-UX 11.23


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James R. Ferguson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: create username begin numbers

Hi:

The login name must begin with an alpha character. See the manpages for 'passwd(4)'.

Regards!

...JRF...
Luk Vandenbussche
Honored Contributor

Re: create username begin numbers

You can try to modify it manually, after creating the uid, in /etc/passwd

But is it strongly advised not to do this.

Follow the requirement of HPUX and starts with another character
Fernando Jose P de Souz
Regular Advisor

Re: create username begin numbers

ok, Luk Vandenbussche

but i create a SAM restrict for a one user, and the user don't have permission the root, and this user can't modify the /etc/passwd.

James R. Ferguson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: create username begin numbers

Hi:

Why do you insist on violating a documented requirement? You're on your own if you do.

Regards!

...JRF...
Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: create username begin numbers

The help page says very clearly:

user names "...Must begin with an alphabetic character".

Your workaround:

Count hex and the user name "a00001" begins with a number ;-)

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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A. Clay Stephenson
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Re: create username begin numbers

As you have already learned, this dog ain't gonna hunt but perhaps you would like to know why. There are many UNIX commands which allow either a login or a UID to be used interchangably (e.g. chown, chmod) but if the requirement of a leading alphabetic were dropped, chmod, for example, could not tell if you meant login 123 or UID 123.
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
Dennis Handly
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: create username begin numbers

This is now implemented on 11.31:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4174/ch10s10.html