[TYPO3-dev] Why are usernames converted to lowercase?

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi,

Christopher Lörken schrieb:
> Joerg Klein schrieb:
> 
>> Steffen, can you tell me, why this is not possible by default?
>> Meaning: Is there now the danger that something won't work anymore?
>>
> 
> I'd really be interested in that myself... Why lower case and why no 
> spaces? Is it a security risk in some setups or why?
> 
> At least in FE, I'd always want my users to pick the names they want and 
> write them how they want them... Simple utf8 database and I see no 
> problems...
> 
> Are there any?
> 

i think it has only historical reasons. I don't see a problem with 
charsets, security or something else. Most login systems i know don't 
accept spaces, and some are case insensitive, so maybe...

vg Steffen