-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You don't need Linux authentication for that. You can use Radius, with some other backend, like MySQL. In that case, the Userid can be whatever you like for RAS authentication. On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:35:16PM -0500, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > Hello: > > Yes, I just noticed the other thread. I think two people were working on > the same problem. > > > We are going to outsource our dial-in. Therefore, we are required to > include UID & out URL so the realm can be identified. Using email > address is simple and easy! Any suggestions? > > Kirti > > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Jim Perrin > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:56 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] User ID's with Special Characters?? > > On 1/6/06, Kirti S. Bajwa <kbajwa at tibonline.net> wrote: > > > > > > Hello List: > > > > I am new to this list and this is my first posting. > > > > Presently, I am using Red Hat 9.0 and soon planning to switch over to > > CentOS. I have one question. In RH user names can not contain special > > characters. For example my UID is 'kbajwa' and my email address is > > kbajwa at tibonline.net. Since '@' in the email address is a special > character, > > I can not use my email as my UID. > > > > Can I use email address as UID in CentOS? > > My god it's a flashback to the OTHER thread I was just reading... > To answer your question, no. It won't work in centos or rhel. > > -- > Jim Perrin > System Architect - UIT > Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDvq2dpdyWzQ5b5ckRAiysAJ9vCM6EzZumA87iLlQv18ZmgA1ulQCeIusT Xw56tO7jOMCp/YaRm4wffWw= =OwYb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----