Quoting "Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx>" <thebs413@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> For historical reasons, IMAP server uses flat userspace (while in reality it
>> is more tree-like). And nope, having users type the @REALM part during
>> login is not acceptable solution (most of them don't even know what
>> @REALM should be, nor should they be bothered with such details).
>
> Hmmm, most usrs have to do DOMAIN/user for Windows DCs so I don't
> know how "unacceptable" is is to require "@REALM," but that's just my
> view.
Nope. On Windows during login users usually selects domain part from
drop-down
box (yes, you can type it too if you want). And usually whatever domain is
selected in that drop-down box by default is the correct one for the owner of
the particular PC. So basically, they just use "username" to login onto DC,
and since mentioned drop-down box is visible only after pressing the "options"
button, user's don't really see often what domain they are part of.
Anyhow, historically real Unix accounts were used on email servers, so after
switch to virtual accounts requirement was that users don't notice the
change. Higher authority decided that it would be too complicated for
non-technical
population to swtich from "username" to "username@REALM".
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