From: Milan Zamazal <pdm@zamazal.org>
To: Yngve Svendsen <yngve.svendsen@clustra.com>
Cc: gnats-devel@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: GNATS password management
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 01:45:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ithfelc9.fsf@blackbird.zamazal.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010627234954.00bdce70@10.10.1.1>
>>>>> "YS" == Yngve Svendsen <yngve.svendsen@clustra.com> writes:
YS> At 23:36 27.06.2001 +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote:
YS> -n, --nocreate Don't create file; display results on stdout.
>> This option looks useless to me here.
YS> The rationale for this option is that people might then use it
YS> in more general contexts when they need to calculate an MD5 hash
YS> of a password for use in other applications than GNATS.
But it's implied (unlike in the case of gnats-passwd) by omitting the
output file on the command line.
>> I'd call it `gnats-passwd'.
YS> Yes, if that isn't too long?
It's not, with modern shell features like completion and aliases
intelligibility is preferred.
YS> We could use -C, --create for "create new file", and -c, --crypt
YS> for "force DES encryption".
That looks well to me.
Regards,
Milan Zamazal
--
Free software is about freedom, not about free beer. If you care only about
the latter, you'll end up with no freedom and no free beer.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-29 1:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-26 10:51 Yngve Svendsen
2001-06-27 14:45 ` Milan Zamazal
2001-06-27 14:52 ` Yngve Svendsen
2001-06-29 1:45 ` Milan Zamazal [this message]
2001-06-29 1:48 ` Yngve Svendsen
2001-06-30 11:27 ` Milan Zamazal
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