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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@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jim Perrin
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:56 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: User ID's with Special Characters??
>
> On 1/6/06, Kirti S. Bajwa <kbajwa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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.
>
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> System Architect - UIT
> Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center
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