>From: Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Adrian Chadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: adduser bikeshed
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 05:29:31 -0700
>
>* Adrian Chadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010420 05:22] wrote:
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/~adrian/adduser.patch
> >
> > It adds an option which enables the password that is created.
> > "enabling" means "don't put a * in front". Its aimed for accounts
> > which will use non-password authentication (eg RSA/DSA).
> > Its also aimed at sysadmins who want to create accounts but have
> > them automatically disabled (think university admins who create
> > shell accounts for users but want them to do training BEFORE
> > enabling said account..)
> >
> > Now, the bikeshed: what should the option be?
> > "Enable account at creation" isn't very descriptive and can be
> > confusing.
>
>I requested this feature and I'm thinking that the
> "Use passwords (y/n) [y]: "
>
>should be changed to:
> "Use password based authentication and enable account? (y/n)"
> if "n"
> "Do you wish to disallow password passed authentication? (y/n)"
This sounds like just knowing the account ID is enough to get
you into the computer. Why not ask (more positively) "Do you wish
to use a query/response system?" or some such thing?
> if "n"
> "Use an empty password? (y/n)"
> if "y"
> "Are you damn sure you want to do that? (n/n)"
>
>heh, thanks for doing this btw.
>
>
>--
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