Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down146cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square106fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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-up2arrow-down3·3 days 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-up2·3 days 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-down2·3 days 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-up1·3 days agoWhat are you getting at me for? You asked a question and I answered.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago<.< Your answer makes no sense.
minus-squareCrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days 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
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMy point was that adding another optional field asking for DOB is just as “scary” as the optional fields asking for real name and location. It doesn’t need them, which was what the other user was alluding to.
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.
<.< 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
My point was that adding another optional field asking for DOB is just as “scary” as the optional fields asking for real name and location. It doesn’t need them, which was what the other user was alluding to.