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Re: Case of login relevant?



on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 09:42:51AM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs (rabe@RWTH-Aachen.DE) wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> this is to raise the issue whether the case of the login (username, user-ID) 
> is relevant on Linux.

Yes.  UserIDs are case sensitive, except in the special case of a userid
entered in uppercase only, in which case the system assumes that your
tty cannot use lowercase characters.


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