From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 12 00:59:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA17008 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:59:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA16898 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:56:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id JAA18624; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:09:04 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199702120809.JAA18624@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: 2.2-GAMMA install comments To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:09:04 +0100 (MET) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "J Wunsch" at Feb 12, 97 09:28:17 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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