[6.8.x] Username case sensitive on login

Case ALWAYS matters in *nix systems.  Case of username does not matter in Windows (of course, it is important for passwords), but in Linux, case matters in everything, including file names and folder paths.

 

In unRAID/Linux, Root, ROOT and root are all different user names and only one works for logging in.

I think it's a feature request and not a bug.

It takes effort to make Linux case-insensitive (in the same way it would take effort to make Windows case-sensitive).

Case should always matters.  Windows was the first OS I worked with where userid case wasn't an issue.

17 hours ago, dalben said:

Case should always matters.  Windows was the first OS I worked with where userid case wasn't an issue.

Well, we'll agree to disagree there! Case should always matter, when a distinction is important! Otherwise it most certainly should NOT be enforced.

 

There is no scenario ever in 35 years of being an IT professional that I "NEEDED" userids to be case sensitive. For example I would never want/need an account named "Jason" and one named "JASON" to be 2 different people/accounts. Never - and I manage thousands of accounts. 

 

Enforcing case on items where case distinction is not needed is simply burdensome for no value added.

 

Microsoft was right on this one.

 

Edited November 1, 2019 by JasonJoel

1 hour ago, JasonJoel said:

Microsoft was right on this one.

This kind of debate is pointless in a section whose purpose is for reporting bugs. It's the way it is because Unraid is a Linux distribution. It is not a bug. If you would prefer it some other way then make a feature request in the appropriate place.

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