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Unable To Use An Email Address As A User Name for a Unix Account (Doc ID 2079901.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Applies to:

Identity Manager Connector - Version 11.1.1.5.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

One need to use an email address as the user name for an account provisioned via the OIM Unix Connector but the provisioning does not work due to the '@' symbol in the user name.
Is the '@' symbol allowed in Unix or Linux usernames?  
 

Solution

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