Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 19:35:00 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@seagull.rtd.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: user id's Message-ID: <199501310235.TAA21841@seagull.rtd.com>
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Greetings!
This may be a "silly" question, but I haven't found a "silly"
answer in a cursory examination of the sources...
Re: FBSD 1.1.5.1R (but I suspect *all* *BSD's)
I (unfortunately) mix upper and lower case in user id's.
I've noticed that a few id's which consist solely of uppercase
characters are prompted for a password (even tho' a password is
not required for the user) ONLY ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. A subsequent
attempt (after "illegal password") will accept the uppercase login.
I imagine this is due to the support for "single-case" only
terminals (in which the uppercase chars are converted to lowercase
and, since no such user exists, the "Password:" prompt is issued).
However, it ONLY HAPPENS WITH CERTAIN ID's. I have several
other all uppercase id's and they are accepted first-time, every-time.
Ideas? Pointers??
Thx, --don
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