--- modules/create_user.py | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/create_user.py b/modules/create_user.py index d162fad..7628364 100644 --- a/modules/create_user.py +++ b/modules/create_user.py @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import libuser import os, string, sys, time import os.path import pwd +import unicodedata from firstboot.config import * from firstboot.constants import * @@ -413,10 +414,16 @@ class moduleClass(Module): try: user = name.split()[0] except IndexError: - user = "" - else: - user = user.encode("ascii", "ascii_transliterate") + user = u"" + + # convert to ascii (try to replace characters) + try: + nfkd = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", user) + user = u"".join([c for c in nfkd if not unicodedata.combining(c)]) + user = user.encode("ascii", "ignore") user = user.lower() + except: + user = "" self.usernameEntry.handler_block_by_func(self.usernameEntry_changed) self.usernameEntry.set_text(user) -- 1.7.3.2 _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list