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    vsftpd useradd uppercase...

    Hey all,

    Sounds like 'useradd' won't allow uppercase names...but I need an ftp user with uppercase user/password names....

    Any suggestions? (Windowz works, but I'd like to not have to go there...)

    Thanks!
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    username is not case sensitive, only the password is, so just add the user with a lowercas then when u use the account u can use a uppercase name

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    Hmmm...I didn't think of just trying that - wait, I think I did and it didn't work.

    I got around the whole thing by adding the user, then editing the /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/groups files (made the user uppercase).

    Seemed to work. I'll have to check that top part again though - pretty sure it didn't work....
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    why do u need uppercase? is it a app thing?

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    It's an FTP appliance that needs uppercase user/password for mirroring. I've set up the mirror FTP on windowz currently to see how it goes - but I'm seeing problems with large files already (1-2 gigs). I think it's the appliance config itself, but I hope to know more by tomorrow (doing benchmarks overnight).

    If I have time, I might try a linux mirror. We'll see.
    Last edited by sLIVER; November 1st, 2004 at 07:02 PM.
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