Jeremy Anderson writes:
> If I were to attempt to enable DBCS usernames, I know the following
> issues would need to be addressed:
>
> a) Hypernews creates a file for each userid using the same
> name as the userid. Thus, we must use a DBCS-ready
> filesystem (i.e. Win NT) or we must use an escape-code
> system to represent DBCS characters in such locations.
Escape codes would be better, since HyperNews doesn't work on NT yet.
Or you could look into putting all user data in a database instead.
Almost all user data access is done via a few routines, so they could
be changed without too much trouble.
> b) Authentication control. ibid, major hacking on our
> Apache server.
Changing the server could be the harder problem.
> Are there any other problems that would need to be addressed?
How about similar treatment of email addresses, full name, etc?
The email address is also used as a file name to facilitate lookup.
dan
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User data generalizations 
8-bit HyperNews userids?
(Jeremy Anderson)
