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Re: Windows Username Case - No Server

From: Michael <mchlwvr614_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:09:02 -0800 (PST)

I am pretty sure that the user types in "myuser" or whatever the
username as all lower case and windows incorrectly reports the current
user as "MYuser". I think its Microsoft related and not Subversion or
TSVN, but figured I would post to see if anyone else has seen this or
knows how to fix it.

When using the file protocol how does TortoiseSVN get the username
from windows?

Thanks,
Mike

On Feb 16, 12:17 pm, Kevin Grover <ke..._at_kevingrover.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Michael <mchlwvr..._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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