In 10.5 logging in remotely via SSH<\/a> was a pretty standard affair. In 10.6, however, security has been beefed up a bit to require case-sensitive login credentials. While this requirement has already been imposed on passwords, Snow Leopard now requires a case-sensitive user name as well.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In other words, when logging in via SSH, Snow Leopard differentiates between the username “aron” and “Aron.” This threw me for a loop for quite some time and is another one of the numerous reasons I have held off upgrading my Mac mini to 10.6.<\/p>\n TUAW<\/a>SSH and the case-sensitive username in Snow Leopard<\/a> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)<\/a> on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9f4c3_snowleopard-2010-01-02.jpg\")
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard<\/a> introduced a lot of under-the-hood changes and many are not very obvious. One such change is to the authentication requirements for logging in remotely via SSH.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/h6>\n