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From: Markus Baeurle <emw4maba@gp.fht-esslingen.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why no addusr?
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 20:17:11 +0100
Organization: FHT Esslingen, Deutschland
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Hi Claudio,
sorry for the late answer, but exams were in my way. ;-)
In article <32CCED8B.2E73@unige.it>
Claudio Di Martino <claudio@unige.it> wrote:
> I think that the informations one needs are already easily available
> if one takes the time to open his eyes for the 99% of the times.
Let's say 75% and I agree.
> > Great, but what about a novice who just wants to add an account for
> > himself on
> > his home machine?
>
> Are novices supposed to not read the docs or the FAQs?
I was talking about adding an account in an easy way (and vipw doesn't count
for me). Writing a script is too difficult for a novice, agreed?
Now tell me a good reason why every user should have to go and search the FAQs
or the Internet to find an adduser script he can use instead of one coming with
NetBSD as standard.
The same applies for a decent shell and a decent editor, at least for some
ports you still have to go and get the source in the hope that it will compile
without problems.
> No, FAQs are there just for that.
I doubt that every install text even mentions where the BSD FAQ can be found.
That's the most important thing for NetBSD IMHO: To document more things.
Everybody takes so many things as granted if he knows them but others can get
stuck just because they are missing this little bit of information, eg. where
they can find a FAQ, how to make a dialup connection to the net, whatever.
In short, all the things you find in the handbooks for commercial software.
So long, Markus