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Re: [cobalt-developers] Why ??
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Why ??
- From: Derek Belrose <derek_belrose@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Apr 8 12:27:31 2001
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
The UNIX authentication scheme does not allow two usernames to exist in
/etc/passwd if they are the name. Honestly, I cannot think of any system
that allows duplicate usernames. Even systems based on UID #'s such as
Unix and Linux do not allow this because of the difficulty for the user to
know their user ID number.
> Hi,
>
> Why is it not possible to have 2 users on the same machine with the same
> name. E.G
>
> www.domain1.com - User1
> www.domain2.com - User1
>
> Thanks
> Ade
>
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Derek Belrose
East Coast Technical Support
Sun Microsystems
Cobalt Product line
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