cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd

Maxime Henrion mux at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jun 9 16:01:09 GMT 2005


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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