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Allow hyphens in usernames.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/242948

SmartManoj | 3 posts | Oct. 29, 2023, 3:32 a.m. | permalink

Hi, that's not something we're likely to change.

nkahr | 219 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Oct. 29, 2023, 7:51 p.m. | permalink

Why?

SmartManoj | 3 posts | Oct. 30, 2023, 2:18 a.m. | permalink

Because we use hyphens to allow users to create custom subdomains based on their usernames. See https://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/CustomPythonAnywhereSubdomains

fjl | 4348 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Oct. 30, 2023, 8:55 a.m. | permalink