Collin Funk wrote: > Also, another I noticed. If you use a username with multibyte-characters > (which seem like a bad idea to me, but I suppose nothing stops you from > using one) pinky doesn't behave correctly. See the following example: > > $ grep -F test-user /etc/passwd > test-user:x:1001:1001:ab&cd:/usr/share/empty:/bin/bash > $ pinky -l test-user > Login name: test-user In real life: abTest-usercd > Directory: /usr/share/empty Shell: /bin/bash > > The first letter of the username can only be capitalized if it is ASCII: > > $ pinky -l átest-user > Login name: átest-user In real life: abátest-usercd > Directory: /usr/share/empty Shell: /bin/bash > > One would expect 'In real life: abÁtest-usercd'. Also the alignment > doesn't account for character widths.
This is by far not the only problem with non-ASCII user names. Debian tried to push ahead on this idea recently, but encountered major problems [1][2]. Bruno [1] https://wiki.debian.org/UserAccounts [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/1000485/
