From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Oct 4 19:31:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA10578 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 19:31:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA10555 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 19:31:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA02502; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:30:57 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19981005123052.42183@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:30:52 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: "Jan B. Koum " Cc: Malartre , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: man adduser References: <3618028C.2A257100@aei.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Jan B. Koum on Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 07:06:59PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 07:06:59PM -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote: > > Right.. But as root (or any user for that matter) one can set > their prompt to whatever. It does NEED to be # even though it is in MOST > cases. Yet another case of spotlessly correct but bloody useless to the people who need to use it. In its current state it is misleading. > If you think it should be # instead of $, then send-pr(1) :) Yes, please do. Either change it as suggested, or add: NOTE: This command must be executed as root. I don't have to be pure, I just want to know how to work this machine :-) -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message