Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down141cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoIt doesn’t. It just needs some name to display on the welcome screen and doesn’t know what else to call it.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 hours agoWelcome screen? Systemd doesn’t have a welcome screen. And even if it did, why would it need anything other than username? Why does it need a field for location and email?
minus-squareCrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoBecause back in the 60s and 70s, people wanted to know whose print jobs were running and where the printed documents should be delivered.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours 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-up1·edit-24 hours 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-up1·3 hours ago<.< Your answer makes no sense.
minus-squareCrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours 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
It doesn’t. It just needs some name to display on the welcome screen and doesn’t know what else to call it.
Welcome screen? Systemd doesn’t have a welcome screen. And even if it did, why would it need anything other than username?
Why does it need a field for location and email?
Because back in the 60s and 70s, people wanted to know whose print jobs were running and where the printed documents should be delivered.
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