----- "James Laska" <jlaska@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 07:27 -0400, Kamil Paral wrote: > > I tried to do this test case: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_login > > > > It surprised me that neither firstboot nor system-config-users > allow > > to create users with non-ascii characters in either username or > password. > > > > I would suspect that unix username must be ascii-only, but I would > > suspect password to be arbitrary. I tried to add user from root > shell > > and it works with non-ascii password. > > You mean a non-root ascii username with a password containing > non-ascii > characters? Exactly: # useradd test # passwd test Changing password for user test. New password: ÄÅÄÅÅÃ Retype new password: ÄÅÄÅÅÃ passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. > > > Why do Fedora tools have this limitation? Is this the expected > behavior? > > I can still validate the test case by using ascii characters > relocated > > on some keyboard layout (for example Czech layout has different > position > > for 'Y', 'Z' or '+' than US layout). But I have a feeling this test > case > > was written with the expectation of using other than just ascii > characters. > > > > Also the initial hint with British Pound character is invalid in > > Fedora 14. British Pound is not in ASCII and therefore can't be > part > > of the password. > > I'm not aware of any intentional changes restricting entering and > using > international non-ascii characters in user passwords. > > If you create the non-ascii password from the console (using passwd > command), are you able to enter that password in gdm and/or > gnome-screensaver? If that works, I think we need to file a bugs > against system-config-users and firstboot. Yes, I'm able to login in gdm with non-ascii password. I'll look at the bug reports then, and create a new one if necessary. Thanks, Kamil -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
