Bug#104392: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#104392: What exactly is resuqsted in this bug report?

[robert@thatsnice.org, 104392@bugs.debian.org]

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 07:23:24AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Alexander Gattin (arg@online.com.ua):
> 
> > IMHO the bug originator wants just a
> > notification/callback mechanizm to help him keep passwd
> > in sync between several hosts.
> 
> 
> Well, it seems to me that this is a too specific demand. Such needs
> are probably better be handled by some local wrapper for passwd.
> 

Four years later I'm a much better sysadmin than I was then (I hope),
and I don't mind using LDAP, NIS, or some other centralized database to
manage login information on multiple hosts.

I don't even remember what situation prompted me to make the suggestion.
I think Alexander is right about my original motivation, but I don't
think it's worth anyone's time to put any energy into the feature.

Now I'm wondering what other silly wishlist bugs I filed so long ago.

It's fine with me if you close the bug.  

Thanks for the followup, though.

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