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
