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Author	vstinner
Recipients	baikie, loewis, vstinner
Date	2009-01-07.11:05:47
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Message-id	<1231326348.71.0.322963871966.issue4859@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> it's conceivable that arbitrary data could even be > placed in the username field. On Ubuntu, it's not possible to create an user with a non-ASCII name: $ sudo adduser é --no-create-home adduser: To avoid problems, the username should consist only of letters, digits, underscores, periods, at signs and dashes, and not start with a dash (as defined by IEEE Std 1003.1-2001). For compatibility with Samba machine accounts $ is also supported at the end of the username

> it's conceivable that arbitrary data could even be 
> placed in the username field.

On Ubuntu, it's not possible to create an user with a non-ASCII name:

$ sudo adduser é --no-create-home
adduser: To avoid problems, the username should consist only of
letters, digits, underscores, periods, at signs and dashes, and not
start with a dash (as defined by IEEE Std 1003.1-2001). For
compatibility with Samba machine accounts $ is also supported at 
the end of the username

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-01-07 11:05:48	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, loewis, baikie
2009-01-07 11:05:48	vstinner	set	messageid: <1231326348.71.0.322963871966.issue4859@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2009-01-07 11:05:47	vstinner	link	issue4859 messages
2009-01-07 11:05:47	vstinner	create