Re: Username Case Sensitivity

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Scott Boggs wrote:

>Del <del <at> babel.com.au> writes:
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>>Scott Boggs wrote:
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>>>I am curious; I understand that LDAP does not enforce case sensitivity for
>>>user names or passwords.
>>>However, I am wondering if there is a method to enforce such a policy on
>>>fedora-ds?  I noticed the behavior earlier this week and it reminded me this
>>>behavior in LDAP. I am using a older version of fds, any chance the newer 
>>>version addresses this? 
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>>>
No, the newer version does not address this.  Passwords are already case 
sensitive.  As for user names, what attribute were you planning to use?

>>I would strongly recommend against doing this for user names (actually
>>passwords are case sensitive).  It's impossible to make user names in
>>email addresses case sensitive (it breaks various RFCs) so there is no
>>reason to make user names at the system end, where any possible MTA/MDA
>>might live, case sensitive.
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>I understand the reasons behind the case-sensitivity enforcement.  However, I
>need to find a method to enforce case with the usernames.  There will be no
>email interaction involved. Any suggestions?  Thanks
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