On Monday 13 August 2012 12:23:51 Theo de Raadt wrote:
> It is good sense to push unix users into a mentality that usernames
> should be lower case by default.
You sure pushed me into it ;-)
I see it now:
simplicity ("Administrator" is just awful "root" is a lot better)
avoiding confusion (third-party s/w confusing /home/UserName and
/home/username)
historical reasons (Caps-only terminals)
>
> I don't see any reason to change it.
Neither do I.
>
> > The choice of usernames during OBSD install is more restrictive than
> > adduser. For example install does not allow capital letters in
> > usernames. I read up the facts but I'd like to know the reasons.
> >
> > I do not seem to find an answer to my question: What benefit is there in
> > not using capital letters in usernames?
> > 1) usability-wise (I can imagine)
> > 2) security-wise?
> > 3) administration-wise
> > 4) programming reasons of the installer?
> >
Again:
Thank you for your time
Eike
