On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:13:08 -0500, "Theodore Ts'o" <ty...@mit.edu> >Yeah, good point. If the scope is going to include passwd entries >that are distributed via network protocols like LDAP, then we need to >worry about sites that support other Linux distributions beyond just >Debian --- or for that matter, sites that need to support Linux as >well as legacy Unix systems like AIX or Solaris.
Even if we had full Unicode support for anything using /etc/passwd, a site is always free to restict itself to us-ascii usernames. Same with POSIX, in my understanding we would still be POSIX compliant if we had full Unicode support for usernames, because POSIX defines the minimum of things a system MUST support, but it is always free to support more. Or, at least I hope so. But things are moving by shadow upstream taking a user-hostile stance, willing to take away freedom. I must be fine with that because I cannot change it. But I don't need to like it. Greetings Marc -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Rhein-Neckar, DE | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 6224 1600402
