Claus Derlien wrote:
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in which case, all your bases are belong to us :)
Anyway, just so that everyone knows - this is a known issue. Expect a fix in U7 CentOS-3, or move to CentOS-4.
what does U7 means here ?
U7 = CentOS 3.7, due out end Feb / Early March. To Read more about what this means and how this relates to upstream, look a this : http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34
There is specific policy in place that prevents Uppercase logins from being created.
Sorry about my posting style.
no worries, apologies for appearing to be rude, and thanks for fixing the situation.
I have fixed my problem by hacking shadow-4.0.3 so it now suits my needs. :-) Its not pretty but now it works, according to my own policy :-)
we have never had any problems with capital usernames, not even when we mail enabled the systems years ago.
this 'feature' was introduced in RH9 and carried over into EL3 ( therefore CentOS3 ). But its an acknowledged issue, due fixing.