[GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Dennis Gearon
Please CC me: If I create the user 'web_user' with password 'password' I can connect using 'psql' just fine. If I create the user 'D1Khb2g5m7FGk_web_user' with password 'password' I CANNOT connect using 'psql', I get authentication error. - ANYONE have any ideas why?

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Dennis Gearon
I now have tried an equal length name, and it logs in fine: 't012345678901_web_user' with pword 'password' works fine. The problem below is consistent. I can drop and recrate the user, and it always cannot be logged into using that name. I can successfully alter the user, so the system is

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Dennis Gearon
another name that does not work is 'H1q2W3e4R5_web_user'. It seems to not like many alternations between numbers and letters. Dennis Gearon wrote: Please CC me: If I create the user 'web_user' with password 'password' I can connect using 'psql' just fine. If I create the user

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Dennis Gearon
tried it with two underscores and short name: H1q2W_web_user with only one underscore and a long name: H1q2W3e4R5t6Y7u8Iweb_user with only oneunderscore and a short name: H1q2Wweb_user with no underscore and a long name: H1q2W3e4R5t6Y7u8Iwebuser with no underschore and a short name:

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Dennis Gearon wrote: another name that does not work is 'H1q2W3e4R5_web_user'. Sounds like a quoting problem. In the meantime, read this: http://www.fr.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/bug-reporting.html It seems to not like many alternations between numbers and letters. Dennis Gearon

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Dennis Gearon wrote: Stephan Szabo wrote: On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Dennis Gearon wrote: Please CC me: If I create the user 'web_user' with password 'password' I can connect using 'psql' just fine. If I create the user 'D1Khb2g5m7FGk_web_user' with password

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Dennis Gearon
Stephan Szabo wrote: On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Dennis Gearon wrote: Stephan Szabo wrote: On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Dennis Gearon wrote: Please CC me: If I create the user 'web_user' with password 'password' I can connect using 'psql' just fine. If I create the user 'D1Khb2g5m7FGk_web_user' with password

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Dennis Gearon wrote: Stephan Szabo wrote: IIRC, psql (and the createuser shell script and such) treat it as if you had double quoted its argument because of the way shells handle quotes which would necessitate something like 'FOO' to use a quoted uppercase name. So,

Re: [GENERAL] username length character limits?

2004-07-03 Thread Dennis Gearon
Stephan Szabo wrote: On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Dennis Gearon wrote: Stephan Szabo wrote: IIRC, psql (and the createuser shell script and such) treat it as if you had double quoted its argument because of the way shells handle quotes which would necessitate something like 'FOO' to use a quoted