On Saturday 15 May 2010 6:28:00 erik quanstrom wrote:
> > So, assuming a non-venti server: when removing users from the fossil
> > filesystem, there's no effective difference whether I do so by manually
> > editing /adm/users versus fscons: users -r/-w [file] ?
> > 
> > I'm just slowly trying to accumulate "best practices" for my
> > documentation efforts.
> 
> personally, i'd shy away from recommendiations on removing
> users, since it might not be appropriate for all system setups.
> 

Certainly - fair and proper warning and details will be provided, however 
I'm taking a "full disclosure" approach to my notes/documentation,and 
am attempting to cover the sort of questions/scenarios that new users 
such as myself might be confronted with.

( I'm trying to write the kind of docs that I myself would have liked
to have had available during my own initial forays into Plan 9 setup 
and administration ) [I mean no sleight against the current wiki]

> anyway, if you edit /adm/users, you may have to tell the fs about
> what you've done.
> 

Perfect, thanks: 

In the event that a hostowner intentionally wants to remove a user from 
the users table, I'll recommend that 'users -r/-w [file]' be  used rather than 
merely editing /adm/users directly.


cheers


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