From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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
Message-id: <87ithfelc9.fsf@blackbird.zamazal.org>
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010626194604.04dcd278@mail.trd.clustra.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20010627234954.00bdce70@10.10.1.1>
X-SW-Source: 2001-q2/msg00211.html

>>>>> "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

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