General talk about username format including username length and how to change
it in ipa config.
Ticket #436
Pavel
>From 6874f8d1ecc340832961b28b84b5140c65f6ca2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Zuna
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:23:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update built-in help for user (ipa help user) with info about username format.
Ticket #436
---
ipalib/plugins/user.py |6 ++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/user.py b/ipalib/plugins/user.py
index 6209754..e3228a1 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugins/user.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugins/user.py
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Users
Manage user entries. All users are POSIX users.
+IPA supports a wide range of username formats, but you need to be aware of any
+restrictions that may apply to your particular environment. For example,
+usernames that starts with a digit or usernames that exceed a certain length
+may cause problems for some UNIX systems.
+Use 'ipa config-mod' to change the username format allowed by IPA tools.
+
Disabling a user account prevents that user from obtaining new Kerberos
credentials. It does not invalidate any credentials that have already
been issued.
--
1.7.1.1
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