SV: SV: [CentOS] usernames with capitals
Karanbir Singh
mail-lists at karan.org
Thu Feb 2 15:12:05 UTC 2006
Claus Derlien wrote:
> --NoDisclaim--
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.
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