----- Original Message -----
From: "Vidiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: Upper case user names
> >At the risk of compromising my home LAN security, I have a user name on
my
> >RedHat box - "James." I know, I know, it's an odd choice for a user
name,
> >but I like it.
>
> Liking has nothing to do with it. You have to fit within the rules.
>
(snip)
> As far as I know, whatever package you use will have the same "problem."
> That is because of the standardization on user name space. That way
anyone can
> put whatever they want for a return address and it will get delivered.
Whatever
> they want case wise.
>
> Unless the rules have changed recently, you are stuck with "james."
>
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??)
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