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

[Joerg Klein]

Hi!

"Christopher Lörken" <christopher at loerken.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1234358237.25722.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> Martin Kutschker schrieb:
>> Joerg Klein schrieb:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I would like to use nomal names as usernames, but TYPO3 always converts 
>>> them to lowercase, so that e.g. "Martin" becomes "martin".
>>>
>>> What is the reasion for that?
>>>
>>> Is there an option to change that?
>>
>> Not really. Even if TYPO3 wouldn't convert the value on input, the user
>> names were case insensitve.
>>
>> Masi
>
> Hello Joerg, hello Masi,
>
> I think, Joerg is simply puzzled by the automatic conversion of stored 
> usernames. (....) I circumvent that by using the registration component of 
> mm_forum which allows and remembers upper case characters during 
> registration and editing fe_user entries in the DB by hand. Quite 
> error-prone I think. I do not yet see any reason why something basic like 
> that does not have configuration parameters...
>
> For the solution, I've found a post where someone suggested this 
> extension:
>
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/cron_feuserscase/current/info/ext_tables.php/

Those solutions only work for FE-users, right?

Jörg