15 Jan
2002
15 Jan
'02
16:20
Ok, on RedHat7.2 it would seem you can create usernames with capital letters and they can be longer than 8 characters.
_If_ I create users with more than 8 characters is it going to screw up things along the road - Samba? Windows/Linux issues? I'm thinking of a sensible naming policy for a school. More than 8 characters would be nice I guess - but not if it'll mean having to perform workarounds later.
IIRC certain versions of Windows can get confused where shares are more than 8 characters. Also Windows assumes that share names are not case senstitive. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763