Subject: bin/23922: useradd(8) isn't useful to add machine account for Samba
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: None <taca@back-street.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/29/2003 13:36:48
>Number: 23922
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: useradd(8) isn't useful to add machine account for Samba
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 29 04:37:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Takahiro Kambe
>Release: NetBSD 1.6ZG
>Organization:
Takahiro Kambe
>Environment:
System: NetBSD edge.back-street.net 1.6ZG NetBSD 1.6ZG (CF-R1) #69: Wed Dec 24 19:19:43 JST 2003 taca@edge.back-street.net:/var/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/CF-R1 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
useradd(8) can't add a machine account for Samba. A machine
account's login name is end with "$" and it is used for adding
a machine to Windows domain provided by Samba.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try:
# useradd 'client1$'
>Fix:
Make useradd(8) allow '$' as valid login name or add an option
to relax login name checking.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: