Email is not an issue with these servers. ALL inbound email to the Headquarters section of the Dept of Energy go to someone else's server with addresses like 'first last hq doe gov'. All of my servers are to be configured so there is NO inbound Sendmail. I can send OUT from these servers but not IN.
/Thomas Kern
/301-903-2211
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John [mailto:spam debian merseine nu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 15:58
> To: taroon-beta-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: RedHat user/group names ?
>
>
> On Wednesday 06 August 2003 04:23, Kern, Thomas wrote:
> > I am new to RedHat systems and not very experienced with other linux
> > distributions. Under our TurboLinux systems, we use some
> UPPERCASE group
> > names and some MixedCase user names. This level of RedHat
> does not want me
> > to use any UPPERCASE character in either user or group
> names. Is this just
> > the way RedHat works or have I missed some configuration
> setting somewhere?
>
> I am surprised it doesn't work, but (at least for user names)
> it's a bad idea.
> For starters, the local part of an email address is supposed to be
> case-insensitive, and if you attempt mail delivery to
> "smith example com'
> when the account name is actually Smith, the mail will bounce.
>
> I think sendmail tries twice, first with the local part as
> provided (smith)
> and again with it converted to lowe case.
>
>
>
> >
> > /Thomas Kern
> > /301-903-2211
> >
> > [root lnxrh00 etc]# groupadd SYSTEMS
> > groupadd: SYSTEMS is a not a valid group name
> > [root lnxrh00 etc]# useradd SysProg
> > useradd: invalid user name 'SysProg'
>
> I did do that once, but decided it was folly.
>
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