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. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq