[LON-CAPA-admin] Issues with creating user "name at domain.de"

[Stefan Bisitz]

Hi Guy,
With lchtmldir 1.20 everthing is fine now.
Thank you!

Stefan


----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Albertelli II <guy at albertelli.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:57 pm
Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-admin] Issues with creating user "name at domain.de"

> Hi Peter,
> 
> > 1. lchtmldir needs to be run from shell, right?
> 
> as www, generally lond runs it when adding the author role to a user
> account.
> 
> For user accoutns where lchtmldir failed, deleteing the Author Role,
> and then readding the author role will cause lchtmldir to run agian
> and make the directory if it is missing. (So I'd suggest doing that
> than running it by hand as www)
> 
> 
> > 2. In my cvs archive lchtmldir does not come with a version 
> number, nor 
> > does /home/httpd/perl/lchtmldir. How to tell whether it's 1.19 or 
> later?
> Revision 1.20 has a revision info in it. :-)
> 
> So get 1.20
> 
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> > >Hi Stefan,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>I tried to create a new user (author, internally authenticated) 
> but> >>there is no work possible for this user. After creating the 
> new user
> > >>"abc at fh-oow.de", the command shell shows the following messages:
> > >>(I changed the real user into abc but it contains only alphabetic
> > >>characters)
> > >
> > >
> > >lchtmldir 1.19 should support creating @ style authors
> > >
> > >
> > >>----------------
> > >>Checking uid...
> > >>Disable root: id = 500
> > >>Checking parameters:
> > >>Directory = /home/abc at fh-oow.de
> > >>User      = abc at fh-oow.de
> > >>Authmode  = internal:
> > >>Username word match flag = 1
> > >>Match value = abc at fh-oow.de
> > >>Save username = abc at fh-oow.de
> > >>Directory /home/abc at fh-oow.de is not a valid home for abc at fh-
> oow.de> >>----------------
> > >>
> > >>I can confirm that there is no home directory for this user.
> > >>I remember that it is allowed to have "@" within a username 
> since some
> > >>LON-CAPA versions now. It's the first time I tried this.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Login with this user is possible, but the screen shows:
> > >>
> > >>----------------
> > >>You are already logged in
> > >>Please either continue the current session or logout
> > >>----------------
> > >>
> > >>A Click on both links, "continue the current session" and "logout"
> > >>doesn't help.
> > >>
> > >>To become future compatible (keyword "shibboleth") we would 
> like to
> > >>create users with account names like "name at domain.de". And 
> those users
> > >>should also be allowed to be authors, of course.
> > >>
> > >>What's wrong or missing?
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Stefan Bisitz