Colin Watson
2009-Mar-16 23:24 UTC
Bug#520037: adduser: could --force-badname permit non-ASCII usernames?
Package: adduser Version: 3.110 Severity: wishlist User: ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Usertags: origin-ubuntu jaunty I''ve been trying to figure out what to do with a very old Ubuntu bug, namely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/23475. The complaint in this bug is that non-ASCII usernames may not be used during installation. Now, I think this is probably to be discouraged, and I certainly intend to put a note in the installer if you try saying that you may encounter problems with using your username in network services and the like rather than just letting people proceed without a warning, but I do think people should be allowed to try this given that it should mostly work OK on the local system. Unfortunately, adduser doesn''t permit non-ASCII usernames even if you use --force-badname. The only record I can find of why this might be the case is in this old Debian bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=42874 There, Roland Bauerschmidt says "The --force-badname option only allows usernames that are also accepted by useradd". However, ''useradd håkan'' (the example in the bug report) works just fine. Therefore, I think that ''adduser --force-badname'' should also permit non-ASCII usernames. Does this make sense? Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@ubuntu.com] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org