Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:29:50 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Linh Pham" <lplist@closedsrc.org>, <dan@langille.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: rmuser is not case sensitive Message-ID: <007701c0b1d0$551187a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103191626080.13838-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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This should go in as a PR most definitely. UNIX is case sensitive in usernames, although everyone recommends that you don't use case-sensitive usernames precisely to avoid this kind of problem. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Linh Pham Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:27 PM To: dan@langille.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rmuser is not case sensitive On 2001-03-20, Dan Langille scribbled: # I was cleaning up a box which had both JOHN and john as users. I did # a rmuser JOHN. It removed both users. Is this expected behaviour? I # say it breaks POLA. In the rmuser script, there is a Search/Replace call that has /io, which searches in non-case sensitive mode. Below is a clip of what I have under 4.2-STABLE: while (<MASTER_PW>) { if (not /^\Q$login_name:/io) { print NEW_PW; } else { print STDERR "Dropped entry for $login_name\n" if \ $debug; $skipped = 1; } } Removing the i would probably resolve the non-case sensitive issue of rmuser. -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] // 404b - Brain not found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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