[Adduser-devel] [Bug+Fix] NAME_REGEX in adduser.conf is wrong
Jakob Unterwurzacher
j.unterwurzacher at web-tech.at
Tue May 11 23:39:43 UTC 2010
[ Please cc me, i am not on the list ]
The commented-out example in adduser.conf
#NAME_REGEX="^[a-z][-a-z0-9_]*\$"
is wrong because it would require the username to end with a literal
"$". The backslash should be removed to anchor the regex at the end of
the string as intended by the author (i guess). This is not shell script!
--- adduser.conf 2009-09-20 22:31:46.000000000 +0200
+++ adduser.conf.fixed 2010-05-12 01:34:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@
# check user and group names also against this regular expression.
-#NAME_REGEX="^[a-z][-a-z0-9_]*\$"
+#NAME_REGEX="^[a-z][-a-z0-9_]*$"
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