[389-users] ug, a snag. Posix Username vs WikiName

[Les Mikesell]

Alan McKay wrote:
> Ug, I could have sworn I looked at this and it was OK, but now I see
> it is not :-(   I could have sworn I tested this but I must have
> goofed something in my test.  Maybe forgot to remove the local
> /etc/passwd entry or something.
> 
> Username - I'd like to have a Posix username like "amckay", but a wiki
> username like AlanMcKay
> 
> I guess it all goes by the "User ID" field from the main page.
> 
> My problem is that I have existing wikis so need usernames like
> WIkiNames.   I tested this and it works fine with the apache ldap auth
> module.
> 
> But I'd also like to keep the existing Posix usernames.   Though I
> guess in a pinch I could easily switch existing Posix usernames over
> to a wikiname.  But I'm certain I'll have a lot of complaints about
> it.
> 
> Is there anything I can do here?

Which wiki?  Twiki can map your normal login name to a WikiName 
internally so apache only has to authenticate the login name and set 
REMOTE_USER.

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   Les Mikesell
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