> Help, > I am trying to set up samba. I need to incorporate a > raft of users with mixed case in their username. Linux will > not allow be to do this. Is this an absolute - do I need to > have all Winx users change their usernames or am I just hosed? > > I have tried to enter the user as lower case, e.g. 'sue' > and then 'usermod -l sue Sue' but I get an error saying that > 'Sue' does not exist. > Strange problem... Try editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and /etc/group files manually. Which sucks if you have lots of users, but ok for a few. Good luck, David ps: the other poster is correct; your syntax is backwards, but 'usermod -l Sue sue' still doesn't work... -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
