Uppercase usernames. Should I "--force-badname" or edit the NAME_REGEX?

[The Corpse of Elvis]

I'm in the process of replicating some users and groups from my FreeNAS install, so that when I import my zpool, I won't have to mess with dataset ownership/permissions. I've run into a problem though. FreeNAS allows the creation of users and groups with uppercase letters in their names where as Proxmox doesn't.

When trying to create a user or group with an uppercase letter in their name, the command fails and I get the following output.

adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured
via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable.  Use the `--force-badname'
option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX.

I'm not sure which approach to take or if there are any gotchas.

I've tried searching for the pros and cons of the "--force-badname" vs editing "NAME_REGEX" but I've had no luck. Any advice or further information any of you could offer would be appreciated.

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

there are no usernames in filesystem permission just GUI/UID.
In other words, you can name it as you like as long the GUI and UID are the same.

 

[The Corpse of Elvis]

Hi,

there are no usernames in filesystem permission just GUI/UID.
In other words, you can name it as you like as long the GUI and UID are the same.

Thanks for the reply, Wolfgang (and for making me realise I never posted the reply you in a previous thread!... I just hope I saved the draft somewhere).