problem creating user with first letter as number "4elzqp"

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi

I am not able to create user with first letter as number.

Ex:

root@lgapps:/home > useradd -m 4elzqp
Login '4elzqp' is invalid

so how to create the user.

[Bijeesh · Accepted solution]

hi

The login name must begin with an alpha character.

see this thread

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1139359

[Pete Randall]

man 4 passwd:

"The login name must begin with an alpha character and may only contain alphanumeric and underscore characters."


Pete

[Sivakumar MJ._1]

http://nixdoc.net/man-pages/HP-UX/passwd.1.html

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

I think there are similar restrictions with the hostnames too......

at least used by some software I develop with there is..

[UVK]

If you read the man page of useradd command, you should notice that it makes a point that username should start with alphabetic character

[Dennis Handly]

>I am not able to create user with first letter as number.

You'll need to be on Sept 2008, 11.31 and install Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i) for Numeric User Group Name:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4174/ch05s06.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4174/ch10s10.html

[Ganesan R]

Hi Senthil,

Refer my recent thread regarding the same topic..

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1321614