[Samba] Useradd doesn't accept dollar sign ($) and "add machine script" doesn't work

[Jarod Legault]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Gienger" <pgienger at ae-solutions.com>
To: "Jarod Legault" <design at thermatek.ca>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Useradd doesn't accept dollar sign ($) and "add machine
script" doesn't work


>
> >I have set up a Fedora Core 3 machine with Samba 3.0.9 to act as a PDC
file and print server.  Everything
> >
> <snip>
>
> >"invalid user name 'SPRUCE$'".  I can add the user without the dollar
sign, then go in and edit
> >
> There was a thread about this started mid last week under the title
> "Fedora Core 3 and Samba".  It appears to be a shift that RedHat has
> made, and is going back and changing now.  Take a look at that thread
> please.
>
> Search is your friend.
>

Thanks for your prompt reply.  Sorry, I never saw that thread in my many
hours of searching (posting a question is a last resort for me).  Sometimes
your search terms have to be "just right" to find the answer you're looking
for.

Anyway, that thread you mentioned solved my problem.  I upgraded the
shadow-utils package from 4.0.3-40 to 4.0.3-42.  The version of useradd that
comes with it allows the dollar sign in usernames.