Re: [9fans] Adding a new user on 9-Front

[Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>]

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Thanks for the input.  I am making an increased effort to search before
asking.  I intuitively sense that Plan 9 has something significant to offer
based on the little I know.  The actual mechanics have been a challenge for
me.  Constructive feedback is deeply appreciated.


On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Rubén Berenguel <ruben@mostlymaths.net>wrote:

> I somewhat agree that some of the answers you are getting have somewhat
> been (sometimes, not all, and not constantly) been insulting. But a year or
> so ago I was also a Plan9 newbie, and I just read the manuals when I didn't
> know how to do something. I followed some long-ago-read advice of first
> smashing my head against the keyboard before asking the "online guru." And
> by no means I'm an expert in systems programming, other *nixes or anything
> beside a small branch of mathematics (and this is fading, since I'm no
> longer actively researching) and a lot of stuff used in SEO and related
> areas by constant daily use at work.
>
>  I have probably read acme(1) and acme(4) more than 70 times in the past
> year, and probably double that for plumb and plumber (in all of their
> sections.) And there are still a lot of things I don't understand when
> interacting with them, just the other day dove into acme's source to answer
> a question in #plan9 (about what the Abort command does.)
>
> Ruben
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name> wrote:
>
>> 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 differentiate out-of-date material, branch specific material, and valid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 <khm@sciops.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>:
>>>
>>>  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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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