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Hi

While ssh allows for usernames containing a dot, scp gives an error
"Invalid user name". The following patch fixed that behaviour:

diff -ru scp.c-save scp.c
--- scp.c-save Thu Mar 9 12:21:43 2000
+++ scp.c Thu Mar 9 12:22:25 2000
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@
c = *cp;
if (c & 0200)
goto bad;
- if (!isalpha(c) && !isdigit(c) && c != '_' && c != '-')
+ if (!isalpha(c) && !isdigit(c) && c != '_' && c != '-' && c !=
'.')
goto bad;
} while (*++cp);
return (1);

Hope that this can be applied (so i don't have to do it anymore with any
upgrade).

Regards
Tim