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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/attachments/20111214/7bb2c8d3/attachment-0001.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/attachments/20111214/7bb2c8d3/attachment-0001.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c53e03c00 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/attachments/20111214/7bb2c8d3/attachment-0001.html @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +There is no technical reason, just aesthetic. iZoli username looks better than izoli, that's it. If you work with command line, the username is displayed.<br>It won't break my heart if this will be rejected.<br><br> +Regards,<br>Zoli<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Buchan Milne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net">bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> +<u></u> +<div style="font-family:'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono';font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal"><div class="im"> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">On Tuesday, 13 December 2011 00:07:43 iZoli wrote:</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">> So my feature request would be to support uppercase letters in usernames,</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +</div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">Can you explain *why* you would want this?</p><div class="im"> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">> like in openSUSE and Fedora.</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +</div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">In my opinion, this isn't a good reason.</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">Note that most tools are case insensitive, so for example, you can already log in with your username in any case you like:</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">[bgmilne@tiger ~]$ id -un</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">bgmilne</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">[bgmilne@tiger ~]$ echo $USER</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">bgmilne</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">[bgmilne@tiger ~]$ ssh BGMILNE@localhost id -un</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">bgmilne</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">In most cases, what is displayed to the user in any situation where a friendly name is expected, the GECOS field, which is case sensitive and supports uppercase, is used.</p> + +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">I really just don't see the point ...</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">Regards,</p> +<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px">Buchan</p></div></blockquote></div><br> |