Ah, I was under the impression that *nix user names were limited to lowercase letters. But after some research it appears that it is only limited by convention on a number of systems, the Single UNIX Specification allows the use of both upper and lower case in the user name.
I'm trying to research the origin and purpose of the lowercase convention, but so far I've come up with nothing saying that it *shouldn't* be supported on a modern *nix system. That said, there were a number of people reporting that mixed case user names cause unexpected behavior with some applications. Especially since your servers apparently worked prior to the update, this looks like a regression and I hope the devs fix it. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Joshua Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, > > I'm running debian lenny amd64, i mentioned it towards the bottom of the > first post but it was easy to overlook. > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ben Mendis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, which Linux distro are you running that you can > use > > mixed case in the username? > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Joshua Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Steven, > > > > > > By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. > > > > > > If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the > > > username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that > > > user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the > server > > > again it works fine. For example, if I have a user "Robin" whose l4d2 > > > server > > > is crashing, and I change his username to "robin" and switch ownership > of > > > all of "Robin" files to "robin" (so we are dealing with exactly the > same > > > files and directory structure in both cases) then "robin" is able to > > start > > > a > > > l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla > > > (fresh > > > download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times > > on > > > different machines to the same effect. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Steven Hartland < > > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > What do you mean by username there Joshua? > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Smith" <[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username > with > > a > > > >> capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts > > up > > > >> fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without > exception, > > > any > > > >> user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. > I > > > >> sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare > > > >> recreating > > > >> all these users otherwise. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. > and > > > the > > > > person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of > misdirection, > > > the > > > > recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise > > > > disseminating it or any information contained in it. > > > > In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission > > please > > > > telephone +44 845 868 1337 > > > > or return the E.mail to [email protected]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
