very small passwd patch

Joshua Daniel Franklin joshua@iocc.com
Mon Sep 2 09:12:00 GMT 2002


--- Corinna Vinschen <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 08:28:07AM -0500, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> > I thought there was some mention of this already, but I guess
> > not. This adds a note about passwd not working with Win9x/ME.
>
> Good idea but it doesn't help.  Since passwd is linked statically
> against a symbol only available in NT, a 9x/Me user will never see
> this help.  The system dialog will always win the race.
>

True, but it would at least help with people who use NT on another machine
diagnose the problem. Right now it's completely hidden.
Also the --help notes are eventually folded into the User's Guide.



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