RE: patch to mkpasswd.c - allows selection of specific user

[Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw at staff dot crosswalk dot com>]

Sure.  I was working a bit with matthew to do both the -u and -c functions.
I'll follow up with him to see if he's still interested, and if not resubmit
the patch.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:37 PM
> To: Mark Bradshaw
> Cc: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: patch to mkpasswd.c - allows selection of specific user
> 
> 
> Mark,
> We have your assignment on file.
> 
> Could you resubmit this patch?
> 
> Thanks,
> cgf
> 
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:09:10AM -0500, Mark Bradshaw wrote:
> >Sorry.  I threw that in at the last.  Thought it might be 
> helpful for the
> >enduser to get a little feedback for that error.  I'll fix it.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com] 
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:22 AM
> >> To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
> >> Subject: Re: patch to mkpasswd.c - allows selection of 
> specific user
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 04:02:32PM +1100, Mathew Boorman wrote:
> >> >Darn, now I'm told about Marks patch!
> >> >Anyway, onward...
> >> >
> >> >Mark Bradshaw:
> >> >
> >> >>@@ -135,6 +145,7 @@ enum_users (LPWSTR servername, int print
> >> >> 	default:
> >> >> 	  fprintf (stderr, "NetUserEnum() failed with 
> %ld\n", rc);
> >> >>+	  if ( rc == 2221 ) printf("That user doesn't appear to 
> >> exist.\n");
> >> >
> >> >The appropriate error codes are in <lmerr.h> around, I noted 
> >> some were 
> >> >slightly different in name though. I believe this message 
> >> should go to 
> >> >stderr anyway, otherwise you would end up with a polluted 
> >> /etc/passwd 
> >> >file.
> >> 
> >> Oops.  This points out a couple of problems that I didn't 
> >> notice before.
> >> 
> >> 1) Never use a raw number like the above, as Mathew has said.
> >> 
> >> 2) This is not the correct format for an if statement.  You 
> >> aren't adhering
> >>    to the GNU formatting conventions.  Please use the 
> >> formatting of the
> >>    code that you are patching.  This is good advice for 
> >> whatever project
> >>    you are on.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> cgf
> >> 
> 
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