ISPconfig does not accept special characters for real names

[blocker]

Hello,

is there any special reason ISPconfig does not accept special characters like æ ø å ö ä ü e.t.c. for the real names of the users, and if not how can i enable special characters for the real user names.

Thanks!

[till]

Thes real names are written to the /etc/passwd file and to prevent problems some special characters are blocked by ISPConfig.

[Donto]

hoe can i bypass this block since i have a domain name containing ø and this is a huge problem for ppl in denmark

[falko]

I don't think Linux allows ø in a username...

[Donto]

i was more thinking of creating the domain.
a body of mine bought gødsbølauto.dk and i cant create it because of the ø

[till]

Domain names have to be entered in IDN notation.

[blocker]

Originally Posted by Donto

i was more thinking of creating the domain.
a body of mine bought gødsbølauto.dk and i cant create it because of the ø

your friend most probably bought the domain xn--gdsblauto-l8ad.dk, which is gødsbølauto.dk converted to punycode.
You should add xn--gdsblauto-l8ad.dk in ISPconfig, because thats actually the domain.

[Donto]

hey

very much thank you both of you the first post got me to google IDN notation the next got me to delete the domain totaly from ispconfig and ad it again with the name xn--gdsblauto-l8ad.dk and now it just works. thx allot both of you