Samba and $

[Katinka Mills]

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> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Guillaume
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 5:22 AM
> To: jonr at destar.net
> Cc: FreeBSD List
> Subject: Re: Samba and $
>
>
> Le Lun 04/08/2003 à 20:41, Jon Reynolds a écrit :
> > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 12:25, Bob Collins wrote:
> > > At 02:07 PM 8/4/2003 -0500, gfsd wrote:
> > > >Why can't i create a user with a $ on the end? For machine
> trust accounts
> > > >i need to add each one by hand, instead of on the fly
> creation. When I use
> > > >adduser it will not let me add a user with a $ on the end,
> is there a way
> > > >around that?
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> > > That is to be expected in FreeBSD and Samba. It is in the
> notes. So, what
> > > you do, is make your user. The edit, by hand, the password
> file. vipw is
> > > the command to use. Add the $ and save the file.
> > >
> > > No real way around it that I know of.
> > >
> > > -- Bob

I thought in the version with Freebsd 4.8 that you could now use accounts
with $ signs in them

Regards,

Kat.
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