Clarify allowed user and group names

Resolves #1536

diff --git a/man/groupadd.8.xml b/man/groupadd.8.xml
index 2dea7ae5c616d6732e9501a8c7fa6f9285997a6b..c6001671f80d558f7ffcd66251eb7caf314ebefd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/groupadd.8.xml
+++ b/man/groupadd.8.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     </para>
      <para>
        Groupnames may contain only lower and upper case letters, digits,
-       underscores, or dashes. They can end with a dollar sign.
+       underscores, dashes, or dots. They can end with a dollar sign.
 
        Dashes are not allowed at the beginning of the groupname.
        Fully numeric groupnames and groupnames . or .. are

diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index ba2175e79bc9549227e3ce6400b840639397ea35..8a087e13ac69c236aaeb05389d2d909ba9fedcf6 100644 (file)
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@
 
     <para>
       Usernames may contain only lower and upper case letters, digits,
-      underscores, or dashes. They can end with a dollar sign.
+      underscores, dashes, or dots. They can end with a dollar sign.
 
       Dashes are not allowed at the beginning of the username.
       Fully numeric usernames and usernames . or .. are