[Web4lib] authentication using pGina

[Kwangsoo Han]

Hi,

We recently implemented "pGina" to authenticate users for our public 
computers of Windows XP. "pGina" attempts to authenticate users against 
RADIUS server if I'm correnct.

A problem occurs when a user's id is longer than 20 characters because after 
authentication is successful Windows XP tries to create an individual user 
profile, but Windows XP is not able to create a user profile with more than 
20 characters as an account. This is one of Windows XP's limitations.

Is there a way to get around this?

We know we could set Windows XP to use only one pre-created common profile 
for all users. But, we wish to avoid this because it could cause privacy 
issues.

Any help will be appreciated.

Kwangsoo Han
Web Services Librarian
Chester Fritz Library
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND 58202