Why can't I tell the username of a user starting with a digit ?

[vitexeon]

Why can't I tell the username of a user starting with a digit ? In previous releases, I calmly created them and thanks to the numbers at the beginning of the login, they are segmented by region

 

[ABain]

When you say previous versions are you referring to earlier SCALE releases or CORE? Linux does not support usernames starting with numerical digits, so as far as I am aware this is what we expect on SCALE.

 

[vitexeon]

Earlier SCALE. before TrueNAS-SCALE-22.1, everything worked and it was easy to create users starting with a digit, in subsequent releases it stopped (and I started creating such users since release 21 and there are quite a lot of them) why it was necessary to prohibit creating users starting with a digit is not clear.... now we have to use UGLY CRUTCHES like _8456-office

 

[vitexeon]

an error is issued

error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 201, in call_method result = await self.middleware._call(message['method'], serviceobj, methodobj, params, app=self) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1341, in _call return await methodobj(*prepared_call.args) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service/crud_service.py", line 169, in create return await self.middleware._call( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1341, in _call return await methodobj(*prepared_call.args) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service/crud_service.py", line 194, in nf rv = await func(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/schema/processor.py", line 176, in nf args, kwargs = clean_and_validate_args(args, kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/schema/processor.py", line 170, in clean_and_validate_args verrors.check() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service_exception.py", line 70, in check raise self middlewared.service_exception.ValidationErrors: [EINVAL] username: Username must start with a letter or an underscore

 

[vitexeon]

At the same time, the error window itself says - VALIDATION
[EINVAL] username: Username must start with a letter or an underscore

but not a word about the NUMBERS that it is now forbidden to create a user from them... when is the first digit

 

[vitexeon]

alas, since I'm a newbie, I can't create a Report bug application

 

[vitexeon]

Can you make a request for a Bug Report on this issue ? (I don't have access to this section because I'm new)

 

[Davvo]

I don't think this is a bug. It should be how Linux just works.

User/Group Name Syntax

systemd.io

You can report a bug using the following link.

TrueNAS - Issues - iXsystems TrueNAS Jira

ixsystems.atlassian.net

 

[vitexeon]

And why did it not work like that for 2 years (I mean linux) and allowed on releases 21-22-23.1 scale to create users starting with a digit (and this is VERY convenient for dividing by regions or, say, zones) and now I have more than 100 such users, but 101st already in 23.3 I can't create...

 

[Davvo]

No idea, but I believed to be common sense to have users start by letter? Genuinely curious.
I gave you the link to make a bug report, let us know if you get an answer.