From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20131223182840.Horde.HuKfFKF2fZoroKVTFstUiw4@ssl.eumx.net> References: <20131223182840.Horde.HuKfFKF2fZoroKVTFstUiw4@ssl.eumx.net> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:03:53 -0600 Message-ID: From: Blake McBride To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0122f0968f434204ee3920dd Subject: Re: [9fans] Adding a new user on 9-Front Topicbox-Message-UUID: a6d64ba6-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --089e0122f0968f434204ee3920dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Documentation is always clear to people who already know the material but use the documentation as a reminder. It is difficult for a newbie to differentiate out-of-date material, branch specific material, and valid documentation. I am providing feedback from a newbie's perspective. You can either take advantage of some of the feedback to make it easier for a newbie (that cannot reason) thus increasing the number of users, or you can insult them until they leave. I apologize for not being as smart as you. On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > Quoting Blake McBride : > > Or perhaps: >> >> echo newuser USER-NAME >>/srv/cwfs.cmd >> >> replace USER-NAME with the new user's name. If most commands are in >> lowercase, it might make sense to use uppercase names as things that need >> to be specified. >> > > Or perhaps we use the documentation as a way to weed out people who cannot > reason. > > khm > > > --089e0122f0968f434204ee3920dd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Documentation is always clear to people who already know t= he material but use the documentation as a reminder. =A0It is difficult for= a newbie to differentiate out-of-date material, branch specific material, = and valid documentation. =A0I am providing feedback from a newbie's per= spective. =A0You can either take advantage of some of the feedback to make = it easier for a newbie (that cannot reason) thus increasing the number of u= sers, or you can insult them until they leave. =A0I apologize=A0for not bei= ng as smart as you.


On Mon, Dec 2= 3, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net> wrote:
Quoting Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>:

Or perhaps:

echo newuser USER-NAME =A0>>/srv/cw= fs.cmd

replace USER-NAME with the new user's name. =A0If most com= mands are in
lowercase, it might make sense to use uppercase names as thing= s that need
to be specified.

Or perhaps we use the documentation as a way to weed out people who cannot<= br> reason.

khm



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