Questions about generating keys

[Todd Zullinger]

Oskar L. wrote:
> "Name must be at least 5 characters long"
> Why? There are probably many people who like to go only by their
> first name, and have a 3 or 4 character name.

It's generally considered useful to follow the typical format for a
user id (FirstName LastName <user at example.org).  You are free to
ignore this and the --allow-freeform-uid option will bypass all checks
on the format of the user id.

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