Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-31 Thread Cliff Sarginson
t should be as easy as pie to add a user. Why the hell does FreeBSD go on and on shooting itself in the foot ? RTFM has become a bad joke. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology .. oh come on

2002-12-31 Thread Cliff Sarginson
Adding a user should not be rocket science, If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh sucks big time, we may avoid a lot of problems. If anyone can prove to me that csh is superior in any respect to bash, then please tell me. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology .. oh come on

2002-12-31 Thread Miguel Mendez
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:31 +0100 Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding a user should not be rocket science, It isn't. If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh sucks big time, we may avoid a lot of problems. You can always use /bin/sh, and yes, it does history

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology .. oh come on

2002-12-31 Thread Stacey Roberts
On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 18:30, Miguel Mendez wrote: On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:31 +0100 Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding a user should not be rocket science, It isn't. If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh sucks big time, we may avoid a lot of

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-30 Thread Adam Weinberger
-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

Re[2]: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-30 Thread Fuzzy
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Alex wrote: Secondly, adduser sucks. That's your opinion and that's ok. I for one think that it is great. I used adduser for some accounts and pw for others, me I love the un*x credo that there is always another way to do something. fuz To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-30 Thread Stephen Hilton
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800 Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-30 Thread Joe Gwozdecki
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800 Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-30 Thread Adam Weinberger
of more words of explanation added, would eliminate a great deal of confusion. Where do you go with suggestions for changes? end of Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology from Joe Gwozdecki That's what send-pr(1) and the team of committers are there for ::) If you see something you'd like changed

Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-29 Thread Cliff Sarginson
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. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: adduser .. revisited, an apology

2002-12-29 Thread Alex
Dear/Beste Cliff, Sunday, December 29, 2002, 10:40:46 PM, you wrote: Ok, Two things. One is I should not have mouthed off such a stupid email. I apologise. It happens to the best of us. Secondly, adduser sucks. That's your opinion and that's ok. I for one think that it is great. Let's