On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:27:53 +0100
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 23/07/2019 20:09, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Have you managed to create a linux user with a space in its name?
> >
> > No. I tried to create my Windows user name on the pi, with sudo
> > smbpasswd -a 'Fokke Nauta', but after twice typing in the password it
> > said: Failed to add entry for user Fokke Nauta.
>
> That will not create a user called 'Fokke Nauta'
>
> You need to do 'useradd' first.

 That will not create a user called 'Fokke Nauta' either because
space is not allowed in user ids.

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