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Re: Usernames with dots

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From: Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@xxxxxxx>
To: <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Usernames with dots
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:12:31 -0500
Seth Underwood <underwoo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At my work, all user names have a dot (usually First.Last).  This naming
> convention causes the ~username shortcut to not work in zsh.

I don't see why this wouldn't work.  It's supported in the code (that's
what the manual entry's supposed to say) and it does seem to work on my
system.

Is there anything else unusual about the password entry?

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References:
- Usernames with dots
  - From: Seth Underwood

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