Changeset 767

Timestamp:

02/08/03 23:20:01 (21 years ago)

Author:

jalet

Message:

Clarification on why we don't check with /etc/passwd to see if the user
name is valid or not.

Files:

• pykota/trunk/bin/edpykota (modified) (2 diffs)

pykota/trunk/bin/edpykota

@@ -17 +17 @@
 #
 # $Log$
+# Revision 1.15  2003/02/08 22:20:01  jalet
+# Clarification on why we don't check with /etc/passwd to see if the user
+# name is valid or not.
+#
 # Revision 1.14  2003/02/08 22:18:15  jalet
 # Now checks user and group names for validity before adding them
@@ -198 +202 @@
                     # not found
                     if options["add"] :
+                        # In case we want to add something, it is crucial
+                        # that we DON'T check with the system accounts files
+                        # like /etc/passwd because users may be defined 
+                        # only remotely
                         if options["users"] :
                             if self.isValidName(name) :