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| author | Pavel Zuna <pzuna@redhat.com> | 2010-12-21 12:23:40 -0500 |
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| committer | Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com> | 2010-12-22 11:34:08 -0500 |
| commit | f5a10bc2ec7a563b8f7a2570d47a3c4628224d0f (patch) | |
| tree | ff32fede932c871e690417b9525043dc9f0ca0f4 /ipalib | |
| parent | d84ffd9e548d2cc1f4147e9b24906e4d7241f496 (diff) | |
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Update built-in help for user (ipa help user) with info about username format.
Ticket #436
Diffstat (limited to 'ipalib')
| -rw-r--r-- | ipalib/plugins/user.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/user.py b/ipalib/plugins/user.py index 17e5e3c58..bae1f0a3d 100644 --- a/ipalib/plugins/user.py +++ b/ipalib/plugins/user.py @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Users Manage user entries. All users are POSIX users. +IPA supports a wide range of username formats, but you need to be aware of any +restrictions that may apply to your particular environment. For example, +usernames that starts with a digit or usernames that exceed a certain length +may cause problems for some UNIX systems. +Use 'ipa config-mod' to change the username format allowed by IPA tools. + Disabling a user account prevents that user from obtaining new Kerberos credentials. It does not invalidate any credentials that have already been issued. |