#49501: Spaces and Backslashes in Group Names ------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: citibob@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Low | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: | ------------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * cc: ryandesign@… (added) * resolution: => invalid Comment: I've never heard of a space or backslash being a legal character in a username or group name. I did a little research: The [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ Open Group Base Specification issue 7] has a definition of a [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_... user name] and a [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_... group name] that both say:
the value is composed of characters from the portable filename character set
The definition of the [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_... portable filename character set] says:
The set of characters from which portable filenames are constructed.
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The backslash and the space are not part of that set of characters, so your group name is illegal on UNIX operating systems such as OS X. Please have your system administrator change your group name to one that is legal. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49501#comment:1> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X