On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:38, David Balažic
<david.balazic_at_hermes-softlab.com> wrote:
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> ________________________________
> From: Kevin Grover [mailto:kevin_at_kevingrover.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:17 PM
> To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Windows Username Case - No Server
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Michael <mchlwvr614_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I have had a couple users report problems with their username case
>> when accessing a local repository via the file:///. They will get a
>> lock on a file and then the next day when trying to commit they will
>> get a message stating the user JDoe has the file locked when tortoise
>> currently thinks the username is jdoe. I am wondering what conditions
>> windows reports the username as JDoe vs. jdoe? We do have a server
>> setup with apache where we have remedied this using the correct
>> properties. I am specifically looking for answers using local, file
>> access.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
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> I've noticed, that on Windows (at least XP) systems in which you type a
> username at login, Windows KEEPS whatever case you type in at login.
>
> So, if you're user name is "myuser" and you type "MyUsEr", it's legal and
> that's the way it's reported for that session.
>
> I think this is a bug in Windows.
>
> I first noticed this when I accidentally capitalized a letter after and _
> (which needs the shift key), and my authentications failed.
>
> This affects all Subversion clients (not just TSVN)
>
> - Kevin
>
>
> It is a bug in the code that assumes usernames on Windows are case
> sensitive, when in fact they are not.
Are you certain that it's a bug? SVN is case-sensitive in a *lot* of
areas, by design.
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