On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, James wrote:
>
> OK, so "James" is an illegal username. I can live with that - but now I
> have a question for the occaisional RedHat staffer that I see on this list.
>
> Why didn't RedHat complain when I created the user? I created this
> particular user during the install, and created another one for my wife
> after the install. If there is a lower case only naming convention, perhaps
> there should at least be a warning message displayed stating that things
> like mail delivery won't work. It would help the newbies out a little.
>
> Perhaps something for 7.1?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
> er, james I guess. (i guess??)
>
>
I think part of the problem is that is isn't something most people that
have been using any flavor of UNIX think about. The convention has been
to use all lowercase user names for so long that you don't realy think
about it.
Besides, mixed case user names are not illegal - they just break things
like sendmail. Personaly, I am glad that e-mail addresses are not case
sensitive - the way some of my friends address their mail, it would
realy cause problems!
Mikkel
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for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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