From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 30 2:48:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 793E637B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:48:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F00C43EB2 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:48:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (2965ab86ea3d9180770c39c420300810@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id gBUAnlwZ052598; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBUAnQ0o052596; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800 From: Adam Weinberger To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology Message-ID: <20021230104926.GL215@vectors.cx> References: <20021229185302.GA291@raggedclown.net> <200212292050.GBTKOTK38979@asarian-host.net> <20021229214046.GG1181@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021229214046.GG1181@raggedclown.net> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-PGP-Key: http://www.vectors.cx/pgp.key.txt X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> (12.29.2002 @ 1340 PST): Cliff Sarginson said, in 0.4K: << > Ok, > Two things. > One is I should not have mouthed off such a stupid email. I apologise. > Secondly, adduser sucks. > Let's end this thread, blame it on me. >> end of "Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology" from Cliff Sarginson << The whole point of this email has been entirely overlooked: to someone who is unfamiliar with adduser, the initial configuration questions aren't identifiable as such. Perhaps a note such as "Answers to the following questions will be used as rules for future user additions:" Or something that makes more sense. # Adam - -- Adam Weinberger vectors.cx >> adam@vectors.cx FreeBSD.org << adamw@FreeBSD.ORG Bayer Berkeley >> adam.weinberger.b@bayer.com #vim:set ts=8: 8-char tabs prevent tooth decay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+ECS2o8KM2ULHQ/0RAtm4AJ9jpAj2aaZ87E3exsNt4KyCxwomIQCbBmtJ VpFjASqYjg+7HaVqVbzzLIA= =oNQM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message