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From: Ron Johnson on 19 Jul 2010 14:20 Why aren't they recommended? $ sudo adduser Guest [sudo] password for ron: adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname' option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX. -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C44966C.2020204(a)cox.net
From: Nuno Magalhães on 19 Jul 2010 14:30 Hi, 'Cos *nix (or rather most typical *nix FSs) is case-sensitive and it might generate confusion? My 2¢ -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraÅ html-a retpoÅto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTik-nMB44U9KElLo_unWKni1gB-z447EFomWHvto(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Ron Johnson on 19 Jul 2010 14:40 On 07/19/2010 01:28 PM, Nuno Magalh�es wrote: > Hi, > > 'Cos *nix (or rather most typical *nix FSs) is case-sensitive and it > might generate confusion? > Eh? If you can remember that passwords are C/S, why can't you remember that usernames are C/S? Anyway, in a gooey world, you click on an icon. -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C449AD5.4000102(a)cox.net
From: Aaron Toponce on 19 Jul 2010 14:50 On 7/19/2010 12:16 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > Why aren't they recommended? > > $ sudo adduser Guest > [sudo] password for ron: > adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured > via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname' > option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX. Because in a Unix-based operating system, standard practicing philosophy dictates that usernames, groups, filenames, directories, init scripts, etc are all in lowercase. Sometimes, using an LDAP/NIS/CIFS domain changes this practice. -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O
From: Mike Bird on 19 Jul 2010 15:00
On Mon July 19 2010 11:16:12 Ron Johnson wrote: > Why aren't they recommended? Back when us dinosaurs ruled the earth an upper case login signified an upper-case-only input device, and the login software automatically lower-cased the input before validating the login. I don't know if any such software remains in Debian. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201007191150.16769.mgb-debian(a)yosemite.net |