[PATCH] mkpasswd.c - allows selection of specific user

Christopher Faylor cgf@redhat.com
Sat Jan 12 12:22:00 GMT 2002


On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 08:19:15PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
>> These are nice changes, but I have a few observations:
>
>> 2) I don't think there is any reason to report the number if you
>>    are translating the text, so, I'd prefer:
>>
>>    mkpasswd: The user name could not be found
>
>My 2c: keep the number. Put it in brackets or something. It's a _lot_
>easier for sysadmins.

Sorry.  I don't agree.  We don't put the errno in all of our other
messages.  I don't see any reason to include the Windows error number.

cgf



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