From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 28 08:49:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA03298 for current-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.5.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA03292 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:49:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr06.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA29446; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:49:29 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr06.primenet.com(206.165.6.206) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd029418; Tue Oct 28 09:49:19 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA24638; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:49:17 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199710281649.JAA24638@usr06.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Inetd & login class bug (was Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd) To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:49:17 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Marc Slemko" at Oct 27, 97 11:01:32 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Suggestion: make the syntax for "user" [/[/]], > > > instead of the current . and are allowed to > > > be blank, and default appropriately. > > > > I like this. > > > > I think the seperator should be ".", as in "chown user.group". > > What, we just get rid of using '.' as the preferred seperator for chown in > favour of ':' and now you want to bring back '.' for something else? Did that change actually get in??? I thought a ':' was the AntiChr^H^H^HPOSIX according to some people... OK. Let me correct it: It should be *whatever* chown uses as a seperator. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.