Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo over 40 years before systemd was initially released? I’m hearing a whole lot of mental gymnastics from both of y’all to explain away the “okay” fields while demonizing the (optional) “evil” fields.
minus-squareCrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoWhat are you getting at me for? You asked a question and I answered. I don’t care about any new gecos fields because they’re optional.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago<.< Your answer makes no sense.
minus-squareCrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months ago Why does it need a field for location and email? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field#Format https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/4/html/introduction_to_system_administration/s2-acctsgrps-files#ftn.idm140081194521120
So over 40 years before systemd was initially released?
I’m hearing a whole lot of mental gymnastics from both of y’all to explain away the “okay” fields while demonizing the (optional) “evil” fields.
What are you getting at me for? You asked a question and I answered.
I don’t care about any new gecos fields because they’re optional.
<.< Your answer makes no sense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field#Format
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/4/html/introduction_to_system_administration/s2-acctsgrps-files#ftn.idm140081194521120