From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9485 invoked by alias); 30 Jul 2014 19:37:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 9463 invoked by uid 89); 30 Jul 2014 19:37:19 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-in-10.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-10.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-10.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.50) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:37:17 +0000 Received: from mail-in-20-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-20-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.85]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF6F12D6A04 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:37:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.54]) by mail-in-20-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E75C7834078 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:37:13 +0200 (CEST) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-14.arcor-online.net D2B999BE21 Received: from Rainer.invalid (pD9EB0EF5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.235.14.245]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2B999BE21 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:37:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Simplify AD integration? References: <20140730134716.GM25860@calimero.vinschen.de> <53D93510.6020903@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:37:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <53D93510.6020903@redhat.com> (Eric Blake's message of "Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:10:24 -0600") Message-ID: <87ha1yk598.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2014-07/txt/msg00363.txt.bz2 Eric Blake writes: >> 2. Shall we stick to '+' as the separator char or choose another one? >> If so, which one? > > Keeping + as mid-name separator is still best in my mind (Certainly > better than ':', '\\', or '/', and there aren't many other characters > besides ',' or '%' that would survive use through shell tilde-expansion > while still being unlikely in the middle of a user name). Mid-string is > different than leading +. The set of usable characters also includes '=' I suppose (plus '@' as has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread). They'd both work as leading character for local accounts I'd think. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple