[Bug 1387825] Re: The default NAME_REGEX value in /etc/adduser.conf is incorrect

[Andrew Meyer]

This just bit me. It's especially confusing for beginners because the
config file syntax looks a lot like bash, and in bash that extra
backslash would be correct as it would simply prevent the proceeding
dollar symbol from being interpreted as an environment variable, and the
backslash wouldn't show up in the final regex.

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Title:
  The default NAME_REGEX value in /etc/adduser.conf is incorrect

Status in adduser package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in adduser package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Refer the Debian bug report for more information.
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630750

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: adduser 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-22.29-lowlatency 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-22-lowlatency i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Oct 31 01:55:03 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-08 (600 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: adduser
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (194 days ago)

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