[Discuss] Dropping obsolete commands (Linux Pocket Guide)

Bill Ricker bill.n1vux at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 20:53:43 EST 2015


On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) <blu at nedharvey.com>
wrote:

> How often does somebody change their name? Basically when they get
> married...  Approximiately 0.5 times in a lifetime.


​Heh, my in-laws exceeded that rate by lots.
But if an unprivileged user wants to change their FN without simultaneously
filing paperwork with HR to update payroll, insurance, etc, we should be
triggering the IDS, not letting them insert impressive social-engineering
"credentials" in the GECOS fields willy-nilly.​


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