Re: [PROPOSAL]drop LSB.usersgroups/commands/passwd/T.passwd 2
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:38:53AM -0600, John H Terpstra wrote:
> > I know of sites that still use the group password feature.
>
> Sites can do whatever they like, the LSB is only interested in those
> things that matter for ISV's. If ISV's products aren't allowed to rely on
> group passwords being possible, or make use of them, then they shouldn't
> be mentioned by the LSB or tested for.
Group passwords are in the current specification. If by democratic means
we reach a decision that this should not be supported then we must follow
due process and procedure to render this feature obsolete. A standard that
lacks due process will not gain popular assent.
>
> Cheers,
> aj
>
> --
> Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/>
> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred.
>
> ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you
> do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.''
> -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
>
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