Re: [OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Dave Botsch wrote: > Is it nothing more than a "if dot don't allow" or is there some particular > reason that if is there (allowing the dot in the username would break > something > else)? There are several threads on this topic. I really would hate to repeat it all. In short, Kerberos v4 princ

Re: [OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Dave Botsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it nothing more than a "if dot don't allow" or is there some > particular reason that if is there (allowing the dot in the username > would break something else)? The problem is that AFS uses Kerberos v4 naming for PTS entries, and when you convert Ker

Re: [OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeffrey Altman wrote: >> We have received no patch to remove the "dot in first component" check. >> Therefore, user names with dots are still not accepted unless you are >> applying your own custom mod to the source. > I don't think dots in usernames wor

Re: [OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Dave Botsch
Is it nothing more than a "if dot don't allow" or is there some particular reason that if is there (allowing the dot in the username would break something else)? On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 03:44:12PM -0400, Jeffrey Altman wrote: > Dave Botsch wrote: > > With Kerberos V, dots in usernames should now b

Re: [OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Steve Devine
Jeffrey Altman wrote: Dave Botsch wrote: With Kerberos V, dots in usernames should now be fine, right? So, are there still known issues with dots in usernames? Or should it be working? We have received no patch to remove the "dot in first component" check. Therefore, user names with d

Re: [OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Dave Botsch wrote: > With Kerberos V, dots in usernames should now be fine, right? > > So, are there still known issues with dots in usernames? Or should it be > working? We have received no patch to remove the "dot in first component" check. Therefore, user names with dots are still not accepted

[OpenAFS] dots in usernames

2007-10-12 Thread Dave Botsch
With Kerberos V, dots in usernames should now be fine, right? So, are there still known issues with dots in usernames? Or should it be working? It looks like, from this end, aklog autoreg doesn't work and pts doesn't work (even though I can create a user in pts as admin) and I appear to have toke