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Creating UNIX username with spaces fails

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Last Updated:
7/3/2025, 7:47:21 PM

Applies to

ONTAP 9

Issue

When trying to create a UNIX user fails with the below error.

>vserver services unix-user create -user "Production Group User" -id XXXXX -primary-gid XXX -full-name "Production Group" -vserver vservername
 

Error: command failed: Invalid characters in User name "Production Group User". Valid characters: 0-9, A-Z, a-z, ".", "_" and "-". The name cannot start with "-". To skip name validation specify "-skip-name-validation".

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