Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:09:04 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2-GAMMA install comments Message-ID: <199702120809.JAA18624@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970212092836.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Feb 12, 97 09:28:17 am
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> As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > 2) in the "Adduser" form, the "Login Id" entry is a bit too small > > > (5-6 chars instead of 8 ?) -- Also, if the adduser fails because of > > > some problem (e.g. a non-existing group), the content of the form > > > is not preserved and one has to reenter everything from scratch. > > > > I'll look into these if Joerg doesn't beat me to it - thanks! > > That wasn't too simple to avoid. First, there's serious lack of > screen space, so some of the fields are fairly small (it's more > apparent for the ``additional groups'' field if you're going to enter > the standard groups of the #1 admin: "wheel,operator"). Nevertheless, > there's enough space `under' the form to put 16-character username > there, it will scroll left/right as you move the cursor over it. yes, but I notice that in 3.0 this field has the correct length :) > The latter is more difficult, since it would require a ``test only'' > call to pw(8) either, or to completely saving the form's contents > across subroutine calls. I imagine; I was just wondering if it was me or it was a "feature" Luigi
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