# Add a dash in user name for hybrid security model

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-dash-in-user-name-for-hybrid-security-model/744>\
**Category:** Archived Topics\
**Created:** [July 23, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-dash-in-user-name-for-hybrid-security-model/744 "2008-07-23T15:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ron)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-dash-in-user-name-for-hybrid-security-model/744/1 "2008-07-23T15:25:27Z")

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I am using the Active Directory Hybrid security model for some projects and I have a couple of users with a dash in their logon names, which I can not add to a [del]roll[/del] role. I know you support several special characters in the user name, can we add a dash to the list?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-dash-in-user-name-for-hybrid-security-model/744/2 "2008-07-23T15:30:39Z")

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Yep, we can.

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**Author:** ![Ron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ron)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-dash-in-user-name-for-hybrid-security-model/744/3 "2008-07-23T15:40:42Z")

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Thanks Carl. ![:prayer:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/e5a7e3b63facc151ea73e3b45db7bdb3d4bdc316.gif ":prayer:")