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Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #522133] Sat, 20 March 2010 06:56 Go to next message
Mark D-B is currently offline Mark D-B
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Some OS's provide inconsistent capitalisation for user IDs, so, for example, my user ID, entered at login as Mark, may be provided to OSEE as Mark, mark, or MARK, depending on the computer I am logging in to.

This is a problem for OSEE, as it sees these as three different users.

Is it possible for me to enter more than one name in the "User Id" attribute for a user, using something like commas to seperate, to get round this OS problem?

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #525244 is a reply to message #522133] Mon, 05 April 2010 15:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryan Schmitt is currently offline Ryan Schmitt
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To me, this sounds like an argument for making User IDs case insensitive.

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #525730 is a reply to message #522133] Wed, 07 April 2010 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark D-B is currently offline Mark D-B
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That would definitely resolve the problem, but would there be a risk of annoying Unix/Linux folk for whom case sensitivity may be a legitimate way of differentiating users?

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #525775 is a reply to message #522133] Wed, 07 April 2010 14:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryan Schmitt is currently offline Ryan Schmitt
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How about having case sensitive user IDs, but case insensitive lookup for clients running Windows?

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #534341 is a reply to message #525775] Tue, 18 May 2010 14:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark D-B is currently offline Mark D-B
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That sounds like the best solution. Thanks Ryan (and sorry for the delay in this post - I had already done so but it got lost for some reason).

I have raised bugzilla https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=313415 to request this

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #576488 is a reply to message #522133] Mon, 05 April 2010 15:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryan Schmitt is currently offline Ryan Schmitt
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To me, this sounds like an argument for making User IDs case insensitive.

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #576523 is a reply to message #522133] Wed, 07 April 2010 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark D-B is currently offline Mark D-B
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That would definitely resolve the problem, but would there be a risk of annoying Unix/Linux folk for whom case sensitivity may be a legitimate way of differentiating users?

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #576559 is a reply to message #522133] Wed, 07 April 2010 14:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryan Schmitt is currently offline Ryan Schmitt
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How about having case sensitive user IDs, but case insensitive lookup for clients running Windows?

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Re: Can a user have multiple User Ids [message #576676 is a reply to message #525775] Tue, 18 May 2010 14:08 Go to previous message
Mark D-B is currently offline Mark D-B
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That sounds like the best solution. Thanks Ryan (and sorry for the delay in this post - I had already done so but it got lost for some reason).

I have raised bugzilla https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=313415 to request this

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