[sclug] Can't able to create user with DOTS?

[David Given]

On Tuesday 01 March 2005 17:16, James Beckett wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 15:38, Navneet wrote:
> >    I can't able to create users having decimal point(s) in their name.
> > i.e navneet.kc
> > Notice: decimal point between navneet & kc.
>
> That's right, you can't.
>
> You can, however, create email aliases with dots in, so that people can
> mail you at addresses like that - /etc/aliases is where these mappings
> generally live. e.g. if you local user is "navneet", add a line like

The typical convention is that usernames are as short as you can possibly make 
them --- mine is dg. The reason for this is that they end up appearing in ls 
lists and such like an awful lot, and have to be typed in an awful lot, and 
making them short makes life a lot simpler.

Email address aliases are spelt out in full --- I'm david.given. At work we 
tell customers that the 'real' email address is the long-form alias, rather 
than the short-form account name, because they're clearer and more memorable.

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