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adding users in CAPS

From: "Chris Purcell" <redhat cjp us>
To: <taroon-list redhat com>
Subject: adding users in CAPS
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:59:52 -0400 (EDT)

It seems that with RHEL 3.0 you can't add usernames in CAPITALS.

root server root# useradd CPURCELL
useradd: invalid user name 'CPURCELL'

What is the reason for this, and is there a way to turn it off?

Thanks,
Chris

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