Re: Adding user to group with # in username

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From: Al Dunbar [MS-MVP] (alan-no-drub-spam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/26/04

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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:39:04 -0600

"jeepers" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We have a script that will add users to a group but if the username starts
with a # character, the script errors and the user is not added to the
group. Is there anyway of escaping the #?? at the begining of the username.

Try prefixing special characters with a "\".

/Al

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