[jira] [Comment Edited] (GUACAMOLE-1081) option to convert usernames to all lowercase

["Jason Keltz (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jason Keltz edited comment on GUACAMOLE-1081 at 5/26/20, 1:17 PM:
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I tried to integrate this into my production 1.1.0 early this morning, but no success.

I downloaded guacamole-client zip, applied the patch, ran mvn package and everything was fine.  I replaced the war file with the one I'd just compiled.  I made the following changes to a connection:
 * username: ${GUAC_USERNAME:lower}
 * SFTP username same
 * and the reference to ${GUAC_USERNAME} in sftp file browser root directory to same

I logged in with all CAPS, and was still unsuccessful in opening that connection.

Just in case, I tried to replace the ldap module as well, but that didn't change anything (I didn't think it would).

I also tried to disable SFTP altogether.  This time, it failed, but XRDP popped up a box with username actually being: ${GUAC_USERNAME:lower} 

While this system (when fixed) will work perfectly for my case, it's important to note that it would not work for a case where systems actually do support mixed case usernames and the admin can't use :lower/:upper.  In this case, they would have to stick with the default option, and accept that logins using different case would fail.

 


was (Author: kangaroo22):
I tried to integrate this into my production 1.1.0 early this morning, but no success.

I downloaded guacamole-client zip, applied the patch, ran mvn package and everything was fine.  I replaced the war file with the one I'd just compiled.  I made the following changes to a connection:
 * username: ${GUAC_USERNAME:lower}
 * SFTP username same
 * and the reference to ${GUAC_USERNAME} in sftp file browser root directory to same

I logged in with all CAPS, and was still unsuccessful in opening that connection.

Just in case, I tried to replace the ldap module as well, but that didn't change anything (I didn't think it would).

I'm not sure how to debug this for you.

By the way, while this system will work perfectly for my case, it's important to note that it would not work for a case where systems actually do support mixed case usernames.  In this case, they would have to stick with the default option, and accept that logins using different case will fail.

 

> option to convert usernames to all lowercase
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: GUACAMOLE-1081
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-1081
>             Project: Guacamole
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Documentation, guacamole-ext
>            Reporter: Jason Keltz
>            Assignee: Nick Couchman
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.3.0
>
>
> When the user logs into Guac with parts of their username in uppercase, the login to Guac is successful, but then subsequent login to Linux systems fails because the username is case sensitive.  It would be useful to have an option in Guacamole to convert usernames to lowercase or uppercase before passing on to the systems.
> One possible suggestion from Nick on the mailing list was something like this:
>  
> ${GUAC_USERNAME} - Pass through as entered
> ${GUAC_USERNAME:lower} - Convert string to lower-case
> ${GUAC_USERNAME:upper} - Convert string to upper-case
>  
> This would work very well.
> I would be likewise happy with a solution that let me set a default somewhere (in my case, all lowercase).
>  



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