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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
> 


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