Re: Case sensitivity of user/group names (was Re: DBIS commentary)
Jordan Brown <[email protected]> Thu, 3 Dec 2015 09:17:26 -0800
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[ Trying to keep case sensitivity discussions on their own thread ]
On 12/3/2015 2:42 AM, Bannister, Mark wrote:
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> ... and let=E2=80=99s not also forget:
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> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/xrat/xbd_chap04.html#tag=
_01_04_06
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> I think some of the locale considerations given in these two links can =
be=20
> applied to the discussion
>
> of case insensitivity in LDAP attributes too.
>
If we were starting from NIS and /etc/passwd, yes.
If we were not concerned with directory interoperability between differen=
t=20
platforms, yes.
If we were not concerned with consistency with names as used in the rest =
of the=20
industry and in normal human practice, yes.
But none of those things are true.
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">[ Trying to keep case sensitivity
discussions on their own thread ]<br>
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On 12/3/2015 2:42 AM, Bannister, Mark wrote:<br>
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<div class=3D"WordSection1">... and let=E2=80=99s not also forget:<=
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If we were starting from NIS and /etc/passwd, yes.<br>
If we were not concerned with directory interoperability between
different platforms, yes.<br>
If we were not concerned with consistency with names as used in the
rest of the industry and in normal human practice, yes.<br>
<br>
But none of those things are true.<br>
<br>
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