2012/8/14 Eike Lantzsch zp6...@gmail.com:
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
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
On 13 Aug 2012, at 09:20, Eike Lantzsch wrote:
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:
It is good sense to push unix users into a mentality that usernames
should be lower case by default.
I don't see any reason to change it.
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
AFAIK, there is every likelihood that a third-party software (like Web or Mail
server) will not be case-sensitive and will mix data for Foo and foO users.
Le 13 août 2012 à 15:20, Eike Lantzsch a écrit :
The choice of usernames during OBSD install is more restrictive than
adduser.
For example
Theo de Raadt wrote:
It is good sense to push unix users into a mentality that usernames
should be lower case by default.
Tis a gift to be simple ... every time plane vanilla admin is warped to enable some unnecessary feature that tickles
the user's fancy, eventually problems emerge.
Why look
On Monday 13 August 2012 10:20:16 Michael Lambert wrote:
On 13 Aug 2012, at 09:20, Eike Lantzsch wrote:
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
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
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