Re: Windows Username Case - No Server

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Michael <mchlwvr614_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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

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