Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-08 Thread James B. Byrne
On Thu, September 7, 2017 14:07, hw wrote: > Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >>> This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and >>> email addresses in the RFC standards were case insensitive >> >> >> Not quite. SMTP is required to treat the

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-08 Thread hw
Alexander Dalloz wrote: Am 07.09.2017 um 20:07 schrieb hw: Gordon Messmer wrote: On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and email addresses in the RFC standards were case insensitive Not quite. SMTP is required to treat the

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-08 Thread hw
Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On 7 September 2017 at 16:07, Alexander Dalloz wrote: Am 07.09.2017 um 20:07 schrieb hw: Gordon Messmer wrote: On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and email addresses in the

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-07 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 7 September 2017 at 16:07, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 07.09.2017 um 20:07 schrieb hw: >> >> Gordon Messmer wrote: >>> >>> On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and email addresses in the RFC

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-07 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 07.09.2017 um 20:07 schrieb hw: Gordon Messmer wrote: On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and email addresses in the RFC standards were case insensitive Not quite.  SMTP is required to treat the "local-part" of the RCPT

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-07 Thread hw
Gordon Messmer wrote: On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and email addresses in the RFC standards were case insensitive Not quite. SMTP is required to treat the "local-part" of the RCPT argument as case-sensitive, and to

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-07 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 09/07/2017 08:11 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: This was always problematic because DNS hostnames and email addresses in the RFC standards were case insensitive Not quite.  SMTP is required to treat the "local-part" of the RCPT argument as case-sensitive, and to preserve case when

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-07 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 5 September 2017 at 17:27, FHDATA wrote: > > > hello, > > some users' login fails since they type upper > case for their user ids ,etc ... > > how can case sensitivity be disabled so they can login > with mix of upper and lower case? > > this is what i tried: > > in

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-07 Thread hw
Kenneth Porter wrote: On 9/6/2017 3:45 AM, ken wrote: I think it would also be a disservice to users, for case-insensitive userids is not what they'll find on web sites and web services throughout the rest of the world, even on their own phones. I agree with you on other points, but beware

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-06 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 9/6/2017 3:45 AM, ken wrote: I think it would also be a disservice to users, for case-insensitive userids is not what they'll find on web sites and web services throughout the rest of the world, even on their own phones. I agree with you on other points, but beware of this one. I've

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-06 Thread ken
On 09/05/2017 06:01 PM, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: FHDATA wrote: some users' login fails since they type upper case for their user ids ,etc ... Wouldn't it be better to explain to the users that the userid is case sensitive? You probably don't want a system where Fhdata, FHData and FHDATA

Re: [CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-05 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
FHDATA wrote: > some users' login fails since they type upper > case for their user ids ,etc ... Wouldn't it be better to explain to the users that the userid is case sensitive? You probably don't want a system where Fhdata, FHData and FHDATA are all possible and are different users. --

[CentOS] login case sensitivity

2017-09-05 Thread FHDATA
hello, some users' login fails since they type upper case for their user ids ,etc ... how can case sensitivity be disabled so they can login with mix of upper and lower case? this is what i tried: in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf i tested this below [domain/default] case_sensitive = false i