Eric Blake writes: >> 2. Shall we stick to '+' as the separator char or choose another one? >> If so, which one? >> Keeping + as mid-name separator is still best in my mind (Certainly > better than ':', '\\', or '/', and there aren't many other characters > besides ',' or '%' that would survive use through shell tilde-expansion > while still being unlikely in the middle of a user name). Mid-string is > different than leading +. The set of usable characters also includes '=' I suppose (plus '@' as has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread). They'd both work as leading character for local accounts I'd think. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple