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Re: Simplify AD integration?


Eric Blake writes:
>> 2. Shall we stick to '+' as the separator char or choose another one?
>>    If so, which one?
>
> Keeping + as mid-name separator is still best in my mind (Certainly
> better than ':', '\\', or '/', and there aren't many other characters
> besides ',' or '%' that would survive use through shell tilde-expansion
> while still being unlikely in the middle of a user name).  Mid-string is
> different than leading +.

The set of usable characters also includes '=' I suppose (plus '@' as
has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread).  They'd both work as
leading character for local accounts I'd think.


Regards,
Achim.
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