> > > > >From the manpage for the passwd file on RHEL 3 it clearly states that > > the account field in a passwd entry should *not* contain capital > > letters. > > > > I'm not sure it is fair to characterize this as a bug. While other > > flavors of UNIX-like operating systems do allow this, > > Earlier releases of Red Hat Linux also allow this. It's not a bug since > it's clearly documented, but it is a new restriction. > > > I'm not aware of > > anyone who actually uses mixed-case usernames. > > We do :-(. We have accounts like RedHat where each word of the company > name is capitalized. I didn't like and I'm personally glad that Red Hat > added the restriction so our account management folks don't do that to > me again. > We do also. This is exception, not the rule however. Environment: Simple scanner guns using a host based application. The users are workers with protective gear (gloves), sometimes in a hazardous work environment. For these users, we create an account in both all lower and all upper case (same uid). This allows them to get a session on the system regardless of how the caplock is set. We don't need them to have to deal with lowercase/uppercase issues. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
