Two word username

HI,

I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network. I
have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
have any idea why it wouldn't work?

> I
> have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
> getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
> from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
> space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
> have any idea why it wouldn't work?

Can I suggest you don't do this?

XP exhibits interesting behaviour when using spaces within names - local
logins seem to work OK, but remote logins tend to fail.

I spent some time working throught this problem once - the practical
upshot was that XP could not be relied on to work across a network using
multi-word usernames. I junked those ("Jane Smith" became "JaneSmith")
and everything sprang into life...

Vic.





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In comp.os.linux.networking (E-Mail Removed):
> HI,

> I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
> it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
> version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network. I
> have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
> getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
> from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
> space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
> have any idea why it wouldn't work?

First off, there's zero reason to reinstall Linux for a small
problem, this isn't doze. I'd try username without spaces and
see if this works better. Spaces in user/file/directory names are
just another annoyance, likely to give you one headache after
another, do yourself a big favor, don't.

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#bofh excuse 75: There isn't any problem

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> HI,
>
> I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
> it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
> version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network. I
> have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
> getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
> from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
> space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
> have any idea why it wouldn't work?

spaces do not sit well with how computers actually work - to use them extra
functionality has to be added to the OS.

if you use spaces in filenames, folder names, usernames etc eventually some
code/application which has forgotten to allow for them will fail.

so save yourself much pointless hassle and time by not using spaces - it's
what your computer would prefer!

HTH - kev

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> HI,
>
> I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
> it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
> version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network. I
> have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
> getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
> from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
> space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
> have any idea why it wouldn't work?
>
I think you will find ( somewhere in the documentation ) that spaces (
and some other characters &, %, ., etc ) are specifically NOT ALLOWED.


Apart from all sorts of spurious hard to debug problems, doing things
that are specifically not allowed is asking for problems.

One other question though that's come up dealing with files and
sharing and what not- how set it so that all by default new folders
have the same permissions as their parent folder? In addition, how do I
cause permissions of a folder and all its subfolders to be changed at
once?

Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.networking (E-Mail Removed):
> > HI,
>
> > I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I
think
> > it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
> > version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network.
I
> > have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
> > getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the
username
> > from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames
with a
> > space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any
one
> > have any idea why it wouldn't work?
>
> First off, there's zero reason to reinstall Linux for a small
> problem, this isn't doze. I'd try username without spaces and
> see if this works better. Spaces in user/file/directory names are
> just another annoyance, likely to give you one headache after
> another, do yourself a big favor, don't.
>
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> Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
> mail: echo (E-Mail Removed) | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
> #bofh excuse 75: There isn't any problem

(E-Mail Removed) writes:

>One other question though that's come up dealing with files and
>sharing and what not- how set it so that all by default new folders
>have the same permissions as their parent folder? In addition, how do I
>cause permissions of a folder and all its subfolders to be changed at
>once?

man chmod
look at the -R option.


>Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.networking (E-Mail Removed):
>> > HI,
>>
>> > I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I
>think
>> > it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
>> > version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network.
>I
>> > have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
>> > getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the
>username
>> > from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames
>with a
>> > space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any
>one
>> > have any idea why it wouldn't work?
>>
>> First off, there's zero reason to reinstall Linux for a small
>> problem, this isn't doze. I'd try username without spaces and
>> see if this works better. Spaces in user/file/directory names are
>> just another annoyance, likely to give you one headache after
>> another, do yourself a big favor, don't.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
>> mail: echo (E-Mail Removed) | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
>> #bofh excuse 75: There isn't any problem

Paul wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>> HI,
>>
>> I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
>> it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
>> version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network. I
>> have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
>> getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
>> from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
>> space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
>> have any idea why it wouldn't work?
>>
> I think you will find ( somewhere in the documentation ) that spaces (
> and some other characters &, %, ., etc ) are specifically NOT ALLOWED.
>
>
> Apart from all sorts of spurious hard to debug problems, doing things
> that are specifically not allowed is asking for problems.

I think that if you'll add the following line to /etc/passwd than you
can run su 'o neal':

caffeine root # tail -n1 /etc/passwd
o neal:x:500:500ouglas O'Neal:/home/oneal:/bin/bash
caffeine root # su - 'o neal'
oneal@caffeine oneal $ id
uid=500(o neal) gid=500(oneal) groups=500(oneal)

Not that I'm advising doing this, but login is amazingly forgiving. Also,
expect that any scripts that rely on $USER, $MAIL, `id -un`, etc. are not
going to be so forgiving.

Doug

(E-Mail Removed) escribió:

> I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
> it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
> version # I will)

man smbd

-v Prints the version number for smbd.

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In article <d5t9oh$d8$(E-Mail Removed)>, Douglas O'Neal wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>> HI,
>>>
>>> I'm setting up a samba sever (I'm not sure which version, but I think
>>> it's the newest, I just ran up2date- if you tell me how to find the
>>> version # I will) on Fedora Core 3 to work on a small home network. I
>>> have a computer with XP pro and I've trying to log in, but I kept
>>> getting errors- until I finally decided to try changing the username
>>> from "remote access" to remote, I've been able to use usernames with a
>>> space before (I just reinstalled fedora to start over), does any one
>>> have any idea why it wouldn't work?
>>>
>> I think you will find ( somewhere in the documentation ) that spaces (
>> and some other characters &, %, ., etc ) are specifically NOT ALLOWED.
>>
>>
>> Apart from all sorts of spurious hard to debug problems, doing things
>> that are specifically not allowed is asking for problems.
>
> I think that if you'll add the following line to /etc/passwd than you
> can run su 'o neal':

Umm, I think he was talking about in Samba, not Linux...

> caffeine root # tail -n1 /etc/passwd
> o neal:x:500:500ouglas O'Neal:/home/oneal:/bin/bash
> caffeine root # su - 'o neal'
> oneal@caffeine oneal $ id
> uid=500(o neal) gid=500(oneal) groups=500(oneal)
>
> Not that I'm advising doing this, but login is amazingly forgiving. Also,
> expect that any scripts that rely on $USER, $MAIL, `id -un`, etc. are not
> going to be so forgiving.
>

Kevin
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