Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 18:01:08 +0200 From: Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>, Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <20050609160108.GE14567@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20050609145217.GD11313@empiric.icir.org> References: <200506091257.j59CvVNu043268@grovel.grondar.org> <42A8483B.3070001@samsco.org> <20050609145217.GD11313@empiric.icir.org>
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Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 07:46:35AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > > >>>It's not a FreeBSD convention. If the underscore serves no other > > >>>purpose than satisfying an OpenBSD convention, it should go. > > >>Agreed. > > >Also agreed. > > Disagreed. It sounds like OPenBSD has a useful convention. Even though > > it's not the traditional FreeBSD way, it still has merit. > > I also think it is useful. So do I. It's more trouble than it's worth to remove the leading underscores, and I think protecting against collisions with local usernames is a very good idea. Maxime
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