[Bugs] #2152 UNSP: Registration fails if user name contains ":"

[Sugar Labs Bugs]

#2152: Registration fails if user name contains ":"
------------------------------------------+---------------------------------
    Reporter:  bernie                     |          Owner:  anurag_seeta               
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  assigned                   
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Git as of bugdate          
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:  dextrose sugar-love        
Status_field:  Unconfirmed                |   Distribution:  Unspecified                
   Seeta_dev:  Dipankar                   |  
------------------------------------------+---------------------------------

Comment(by bernie):

 Replying to [comment:10 dsd]:
 > So, I think this problem should be confirmed to being an idmgr bug and
 we should fix it there and only there. No sugar changes. I also suspect
 that there's some way of including a : in a GECOS by escaping it, but I'm
 only guessing.

 I agree, the bug is in idmgr (or in the protocol not specifying what
 characters are accepted).

 Nevertheless, since no new schoolserver releases are imminent, this bug is
 likely to stay in production for many years, making registration fail
 mysteriously (because Sugar isn't into the habit of telling users what
 went wrong, to avoid "confusing" them).

 This is why I think it would be good to work it around on the Sugar side
 as well. It costs only one line of code and helps mitigate solve the
 actual issue NOW.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2152#comment:11>
Sugar Labs <http://sugarlabs.org/>
Sugar Labs bug tracking system