Re: username's and passwords in uppercase vs lowercase vs mix.

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >We have a large database of usernames and passwords. What I've noticed is >that my username is Chinadave (capital C). If I login using a lowercase >'c', it still finds my username (because it doesn't say username not >found), but it doesn't really access my account information.What do you mean by it doesn't really access my account information?>Isn't >webCatalog supposed to be case insensitive?No, lookups are case-sensitive all the time, and if you're using webcat on a UNIX bot I'm sure there are other times when webcat will be case-sensitive as well. -- ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: username's and passwords in uppercase vs lowercase vs mix. (Glenn Busbin 2000)
  2. Re: username's and passwords in uppercase vs lowercase vs mix. (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  3. username's and passwords in uppercase vs lowercase vs mix. (David Anderson 2000)
>We have a large database of usernames and passwords. What I've noticed is >that my username is Chinadave (capital C). If I login using a lowercase >'c', it still finds my username (because it doesn't say username not >found), but it doesn't really access my account information.What do you mean by it doesn't really access my account information?>Isn't >webCatalog supposed to be case insensitive?No, lookups are case-sensitive all the time, and if you're using webcat on a UNIX bot I'm sure there are other times when webcat will be case-sensitive as well. -- ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Kenneth Grome

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