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RE: FW: [PATCH] mkpasswd.c - allows selection of specific user
- From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw at staff dot crosswalk dot com>
- To: "'cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:41:22 -0500
- Subject: RE: FW: [PATCH] mkpasswd.c - allows selection of specific user
I've found that error numbers are much easier to search by. I've always had
better luck when looking through TechNet if I use the error number, rather
than the description.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 3:37 PM
> To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: FW: [PATCH] mkpasswd.c - allows selection of
> specific user
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 07:33:14AM -0500, Mark Bradshaw wrote:
> >That's what I (a sys admin) thought too. I like that. I think I'll
> >try the brackets and see how it looks.
>
> I'm a sysadmin (of a couple of sites) but I certainly don't
> have errnos or Windows error number memorized. I'm much more
> likely to be able to help if someone reads me the text than
> if someone tells me a number.
>
> Text is much less likely to suffer from dyslexic problems, too.
>
> And, as I mentioned, including the number is unlike any other
> utility in winsup/utils and any normal unix utility.
>
> cgf
>