samba - Jan 2003 - FreeBSD & Machine accounts

Due to FreeBSD not allowing '$' in usernames, and because I have to add
a machine account for each computer I add to my Samba domain, what can I
do to try and accomplish the following?

1.  Automate FreeBSD to allow me to add machines to a domain the same
way Windows lets you do it from the workstation.

2.  Add user accounts which incorporate '$' without having to create a
different account first, and then edit a $ suffix manually afterwards.

Can anyone give me any pointers as to whether these can/can't be done?

My FreeBSD installation is version 5.0.


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Adam Smith
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[ FreeBSD not allowing '$' in usernames, ]

  hi adam.

  i've got openbsd, and have the same scenario there with the 
  machine names.

  i did what basically amounts to your suggestion #2.

# adduser 

  for the machine account i'm going to create.  most lately it was
  for an account for machine 'phoenix'.

  then i did

# vipw

  and added the '$' to the username.

  then i did the smbpasswd -a -m phoenix whatnot ( i don't recall
  the correct syntax at the moment ), and it went thru OK.

  in the daily insecurity output mailed to root, i get warnings that
  the UN has non-alpha numeric characters; but i seem to recall having
  have read in the openbsd/errata.html that whatever does the check for
  valid/invalid UN chars has been revised in -current to stop complaining
  about the '$' specifically due to samba.

  freebsd might have similar plans?

  i've seen no negative repercussions from the $ char in the UN... i can
  'finger phoenix' ok, don't need the '$' there... and if
'rmuser' didn't
  work, you could just vipw the $ out prior to doing that.

  let me know if i'm waay off base and that didn't help.

  jared.