Hi, On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> While it might be advisable to have ldm strip leading and trailing > whitespace from the username, users should probably also be trained to > hit "safe" keys (such as shift) to wake up a machine. I agree, in principal. However, I really don't have time or opportunity to carry out this education. I guess there might be something to be said for them learning not to hit spacebar by making this mistake repeatedly but it appears to me that they aren't. I would compare this to warning users about caps lock key being on. It just saves support people time. Maybe a "spaces are not allowed in usernames" or "the username [ xxxxx] is illegal" warning might be a compromise. I understand ldm is soon to give better feedback as to why logins failed. ssh doesn't tell a client about this kind of thing though. Gavin -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
