[ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group names (was Re: DBIS commentary)
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Subject: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group names (was Re: DBIS commentary)
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[ I just can't win for losing today. Let's try this *one more time* with the right subject. ] [ Splitting off a specific subthread as Michael requested ] [ Resend with correct distribution ] On 12/1/2015 2:06 PM, Charlie wrote: > A directory backend that is intended to serve multiple existing > operating systems probably shouldn't be telling any of those operating > systems whether or not they should be case-sensitive. It's out of > scope for the project and causes arguments. Well, but... if the various OSes are sharing the same naming attribute, it seems like there's an unbreakable chain of connections between them. Either the attribute is case-sensitive, in which case the natively-case-insensitive OS will be confused, or the attribute is case-insensitive, in which case the natively-case-sensitive OS will be confused. The way that I look at it is not that the directory is serving the OSes, but that the directory is defining a world that the OSes are choosing to play in... and when they choose to play in the directory's world, they have to live by its rules. > That being said, options are great to have. If you can support > existing systems while also giving people the ability to do whatever > you happen to think is better, you'll automatically win any such > arguments. It's tempting to suggest that a single entry could have one name attribute that's case-sensitive and another that's case-insensitive (presumably from different auxiliary classes), and technically that'd be possible, but seems like an administrative nightmare... a very high cost to pay for the 0.1% of names where case-sensitivity is important.
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Steven Legg
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Simo Sorce
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Charlie
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Ludovic Poitou
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Charlie
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Jordan Brown
- [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group names (w… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Simo Sorce
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Simo Sorce
- [ldapext] Using groupOfNames (or similar) for UNI… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] Using groupOfNames (or similar) for… Simo Sorce
- Re: [ldapext] Using groupOfNames (or similar) for… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] Using groupOfNames (or similar) for… Simo Sorce
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] DBIS commentary Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Charlie
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Charlie
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Oza, Dhairesh
- [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Michael Ströder
- [ldapext] draft-masarati-ldap-deref as ldapext wo… Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Simo Sorce
- Re: [ldapext] draft-masarati-ldap-deref as ldapex… Howard Chu
- Re: [ldapext] draft-masarati-ldap-deref as ldapex… Simo Sorce
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Michael Ströder
- Re: [ldapext] Using groupOfNames (or similar) for… Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity of user/group name… Jordan Brown
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Bannister, Mark
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Andrew Findlay
- Re: [ldapext] Case sensitivity summary Bannister, Mark