[Bug 993411] Re: usermod cannot accept username beginning with dash

[Vasya Pupkin]

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Title:
  usermod cannot accept username beginning with dash

Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I accidently executed usermod -l -d username (intended command was
  passwd -l -d username) which renamed username into -d. Now I am trying
  to rename it back, but it thinks that -d is an option. I tried
  following:

  usermod -l username -d
  usermod -l username "-d"
  usermod -l username '-d'
  usermod -l username \-d
  usermod -l username -- -d

  All failed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: passwd 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu2.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-41.88-server 2.6.32.59+drm33.24
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-41-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed May  2 20:52:51 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: shadow

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