On 2022-10-30 21:01:25 -0700, Bryn Llewellyn wrote:
> However, Linux (at least) simply disallows O/S users that have a
> dollar sign in the name.
This is getting quite off-topic, but that isn't true:
trintignant:~ 22:46 :-) 1015# useradd -m -s /bin/bash 'mac$crooge'
trintignant:~ 22:46 :-) 1016# su - 'mac$crooge'
mac(at)trintignant:~$ id
uid=1002(mac$crooge) gid=1003(mac$crooge) groups=1003(mac$crooge)
mac(at)trintignant:~$
I'm not saying that doing this is a good idea ...
hp
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