bug#9732: bug or feature?

[Eric Blake]

tag 9732 needinfo
thanks

On 10/11/2011 10:18 PM, Shevtsov Anton Yurevich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found strange result for 'id' use.
> If run id with lowercase login we getting this
>
> address@hidden Admins]$ id -a shev_ay
> uid=1062(shev_ay) gid=513(DomainUsers)
> groups=513(DomainUsers),100(users),2005(vboxusers),2006(ossec),512(DomainAdmins),201(hpclj5550),203(xpe120i),1010(xpe120i2),1013(PetrelUsers),1019(AddressBook),1020(prjREGION),1039(GGX_users),1040(Project0),1041(ATSusers),1045(SharedRoster),1046(prjSAMOTLOR),1047(DIRECTUM_users),1048(unixadmins),1057(prjSAMOTLOR_GDM)
>
> if first letter in uppercase, we get
> address@hidden Admins]$ id -a Shev_ay
> uid=1062(shev_ay) gid=513(DomainUsers) groups=513(DomainUsers)

Given the magic group 513 as DomainUsers, I can't help but wonder if 
this is on Windows, perhaps via the cygwin port.  If so, your question 
is better asked to the place that ported id to your platform - cygwin 
may very well have a quirk in exposing window's case-insensitivity when 
it queries the user database.

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