aron (09/14/82)
We just got 2.9 here, and I'm having a problem with the automatic name feature. I have put my full name (Aron Shtull-Trauring) in /etc/passwd, but all that comes out is Trauring! I know computers hate hyphenated names, but this is silly! Whose at fault? Should I place quotes around my name? aron shtull-trauring harpo!presby!aron
mark (09/15/82)
Foo. 2.9 attempts to understand both Berkeley and USG gecos formats. The USG format looks like :junk-name(morejunk)stillmorejunk: so 2.9 ignores everything before a dash. Never thought about hyphenated names. It looks like ifdefs are going to be needed after all. A quick fix is possible, if you don't run RJE, by removing the check for '-' near the end of fullname.c I wonder what happens if someone on a Bell Labs machine with RJE has a hyphenated name? Mark