From 0982b8542f2aaeb852e8666373a2e0bb5959db4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keith Bostic Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1989 04:55:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] document illegal characters SCCS-vsn: share/man/man5/passwd.5 6.4 --- usr/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5 b/usr/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5 index 708897ba8a..54fc91b135 100644 --- a/usr/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/usr/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .\" -.\" @(#)passwd.5 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% +.\" @(#)passwd.5 6.4 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH PASSWD 5 "" .AT 3 @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ and/or identical user id's, it is usually a mistake to do so. Routines that manipulate these files will often return only one of the multiple entries, and that one by random selection. .PP +The login name must never begin with a hyphen (``-''); also, it is strongly +suggested that neither upper-case characters or dots (``.'') be part +of the name, as this tends to confuse mailers. No field may contain a +colon (``:'') as this has been used historically to separate the fields +in the user database. +.PP The password field is the .I encrypted form of the password. -- 2.20.1