#435 UID terminology is confusing
Closed: Fixed None Opened 13 years ago by dpal.

ipa user-add --password ipauser01

This asks for first name, last name, and password ok, but (eventually) returns the following error:

"ipa: ERROR: invalid 'uid': can be at most 8 characters"

UID is confusing. Better term to use would be "login name", "login", "account name" and leave terminology of uid and gid to the POSIX related numeric attributes.

The messages in the user plugin as well as man pages need to be reviewed and use consistent terminology.


From David:

As far as terminology goes, if it is "X" that is causing problems, then we should report that "there is some issue with 'X'" (if IPA can in fact recognize that problem). In the above example, it was actually the "User login" that was causing the problem, at least from the IPA/IPA user's perspective.

Suggestion:
"ipa: ERROR: invalid 'User login': current max length = 8 characters"

Metadata Update from @dpal:
- Issue assigned to pzuna
- Issue set to the milestone: FreeIPA 2.0 - 2010/12 (FC)

7 years ago

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