Changing username capitalization?

[Doug]

On 06/07/2013 08:26 AM, Ron Scott-Adams wrote:
> Windows usernames are definitely not case-sensitive, and indeed, have never been (at least since NT). See here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722458.aspx
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> This documentation is echoed for 2000 server with the same claim, though TechNet library didn't yield any ready results about subsequent versions and username case-sensitivity, I can assure you it is not case-sensitive and will accept any case variation of your username.
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> Ron Scott-Adams
> ron at tohuw.net
> "We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works." (Douglas Adams)
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> On Jun 7, 2013, at 08:06 , Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 7 June 2013 11:08, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I need to have the same username on my linux machine as on Win7 for
>>> connectivity purposes.
>>> I installed linux with all lowercase letters in my username, which is
>>> what I also did on my Windows7 main machine.
>>> But the auth log for ssh access from Windows says that the user is
>>> nonexisting and when I look closer the supplied username starts with a
>>> capital letter!
>>> Obviously Microsoft decided to change the username on installation of
>>> Win7 by capitalizing what was really entered by me and now the
>>> connectivity is broken...
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>>> Since I don't think I can safely change the username on Windows I need
>>> to do it in linux instead.
>>> Is there some way to capitalize my username in linux?
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>>> Note:
>>> I have only this single account on linux and it is being used as a web
>>> development test machine where I want to use rsync via ssh to update
>>> the web files before testing.
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>> TTBOMK, Windows usernames are not case-sensitive.
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You have not read the post! Windows may not care, but Linux does, and if
Windows is _sending_ Username instead of username, of course Linux will 
not recognize it.

--doug
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