[Bug 164808] crontab(1) doesn't support usernames with spaces in them
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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:08:20 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=164808
Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|Open |Closed
Resolution|--- |Works As Intended
CC| |delphij@FreeBSD.org
Assignee|bugs@FreeBSD.org |delphij@FreeBSD.org
--- Comment #2 from Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> ---
System crontab(5) format does not allow blank spaces in the "username" field.
Given the fact that e.g. pw, rmuser, etc. does not allow blank spaces, and
major Linux distributions' cron doesn't support it either, I think we shouldn't
be doing it.
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