> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:31:04PM +0100, Bernard Dautrevaux wrote:
> >Oh, I didn't think at that ;-( Obviously a way to avoid
> running "mkpasswd
> >-d" in such a case would be useful.
>
> This is just an issue for first time installations, right? AFAICT,
> /etc/passwd should not be produced if there is already a /etc/passwd.
> Ditto /etc/group.
>
> I guess the best solution is to present the user with several options
>
> 1) Create /etc/passwd using local accounts?
>
> 2) Create /etc/passwd using domain accounts?
>
> 3) Create /etc/passwd using local and domain accounts?
>
> 4) Don't create /etc/passwd
Yes that would be nice (although 4 may perhaps not really be needed).
>
> Then we have to remember what the user wanted.
This is only needed if we want to implement choice 4, and expect the user
*never* to create any /etc/passwd - /etc/group file.
Bernard
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