# commit message copied from openembedded:
#    commit 246c80637b135f3a113d319b163422f98174ee6c
#    Author: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
#    Date:   Wed Jun 9 13:37:03 2010 -0700
#
#    shadow-4.1.4.2: Add patches to support dots in login id.
#    
#    Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
#
# comment added by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 2010-08-11

Index: shadow-4.1.4.2/libmisc/chkname.c
===================================================================
--- shadow-4.1.4.2.orig/libmisc/chkname.c	2009-04-28 12:14:04.000000000 -0700
+++ shadow-4.1.4.2/libmisc/chkname.c	2010-06-03 17:43:20.638973857 -0700
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static bool is_valid_name (const char *n
 		      ( ('0' <= *name) && ('9' >= *name) ) ||
 		      ('_' == *name) ||
 		      ('-' == *name) ||
+		      ('.' == *name) ||
 		      ( ('$' == *name) && ('\0' == *(name + 1)) )
 		     )) {
 			return false;