On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:46:09PM +0200, De Ridder, Bavo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Why not make the UID equal to the email address ?
> 
> In my installation, users have to login using their email address, not just
> the name before the "@". This eases managing virtual domains on a single
> installation.

search the archives to discobver why this is a bad idea. using an uid scheme
including the domain is a good idea, my favorite is domain.com-uid, but
don't use an @ in the uid. 

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