Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:51:36 +0800 From: "Sudirman bin Hassan" <s9810048@mmu.edu.my> To: <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD Message-ID: <002701c1a6e5$eb754fa0$1562640a@dmn> References: <200201260704.g0Q74u864537@fedde.littleton.co.us> <02012713091300.01261@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>
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Hi, I believe that the best mailing list to discuss what is the good words and what is the best docs whatsoever is freebsd-docs. Please subscribe to that mailing list and give suggestion. I'm sure that somebody there would be very glad to help you regarding documentation. Freebsd-questions is place to ask question. -dman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Astill" <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD > On Saturday 26 January 2002 17:34, Chris Fedde wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:00:24 +1030 Brian Astill wrote: > > +------------------ > > > | However, what I am saying is that the simple sentence "passwords > > | can be changed by root without knowledge of a users existing > > | password" was simply not there on any man page - heaps and heaps > > | of well-written detail I did not need, was. > > > > +------------------ > > > > But the manual page says this in the the first paragraph... > > > > Passwd changes the user's local, Kerberos, or NIS password. > > If the user is not the super-user, passwd first prompts for > > the current password and will not continue unless the correct > > password is entered. > > > > The second sentence seems to be just another way of saying exactly > > what you say was missing from the page. Maybe I've been reading > > these things for too long, but it seems clear to me. Negative logic > > can be confusing. > > Actually, I think it is inferential logic - but it requires a > convoluted mind to see it! > The operative words are "if the user is not the super-user" passwd > first prompts ... from which one can reasonably infer that if the > user IS the super-user passwd would NOT so prompt. > You are right, but which newbie (like me) would see it? > > > And maybe this needs some cleaning up. > > You ain't kidding! :-) > > > You might want to submit a patch to the FreeBSD Documentation project. > > Want? - Yes. Be capable of? - No. > > -- > Regards, > Brian > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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