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jk.cheng
June 23rd, 2010, 07:55 PM
i am using multiple distro of linux... but i just wonder, why is ubuntu not allowing the naming of username with dot(.) in the string???

eg. my name jk.cheng , this naming is fine with others distro that i am using like Fedora/RH, SuSE, even opensolaris. But in ubuntu i hv to use jk-cheng...