FC and group names

James Wilkinson james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Fri Nov 12 17:38:16 UTC 2004


Mike McMullen wrote:
> I've noticed in FC1&2 that when you create groups it won't allow mixed case
> or all cap group names.
> 
> When I migrated from 7.3 and 9 to FC1&2, group names with mixed case came
> over just fine. It's only when adding new groups that I get the following error:
> 
> 
> groupadd: MyGroup is a not a valid group name
> 
Works for me, at least in FC3.

You could always try manipulating /etc/group and /etc/gshadow
directly...

James.

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