--- "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matt Johnson wrote: > | Hi, > | > | I'm successfully using winbind to authenticate a > | debian sarge workstation against an nt4 server. > | > | Works a treat. > | > | However, I have an odd situation where a user logs > in > | for the first time as "John Smith" and gets > created a > | "John Smith" directory in /home. *Then*, if they > log > | in as "john smith", they get a second directory > | created as "john smith" in /home! > | > | (yes, our nt4 usernames have whitespace in them, > and > | yes, it's a headache - but that's another story) > | > | This is for a network of 600 pupils and teachers, > who > | cannot remember if they logged in lowercase, > uppercase > | or both. > | > | How can I either (i) enforce lowercase only, or > (ii) > | have winbind treat "John" and "john" the same? > > This was fixed in a more recent release (3.0.9 ? > maybe > ....check the WHATSNEW) by internally converting all > winbindd usernames and groups to lowercase > regardless of > what the user typed in.
*Much* obliged. Thanks. I did google, but didn't come up with the search phrase that pays. Thank you for this. -- Matt ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba