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Date:	Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:24:16 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: username case sensitive with the sshd service
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On Apr  3 12:17, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > Why not just getting used to entering the username casesensitive, as
> > on any other system?
> >
> 
> Would modifying the /etc/passwd file to lowercase names support what
> the OP wants to do?  Not that he should but is that possible?

Sure.  And nothing speaks agains doing it.  You can also just change
the name entirely and use that to login:

  $ grep Administrator /etc/passwd
  divine_being:unused:500:513:U-mymachine\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1111111111-1111111111-1111111111-500:/home/divine_being:/bin/bash
  $ ssh divine_being AT localhost

See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files


Corinna

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