Case of login relevant?

["Ralf G. R. Bergs" <rabe@RWTH-Aachen.DE>]

Hi there,

this is to raise the issue whether the case of the login (username, user-ID) 
is relevant on Linux.

I today observed that ipopd 4.7c-1 does NOT pay attention to the case of the 
login, but that proftpd 1.2.0pre10-2 DOES honor the case of the login (this is 
on a pure Debian 2.2 system.)

I'm not sure which one is correct (I believe ipopd is correct,) but in either 
case shouldn't both packages react the same way? Is there a definitive 
standard that defines what's right and what's wrong?

Thanks,

Ralf


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