Re: [chat] Linux isn't Linux? Debian seems to think it is....

[Peter Hardy <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:00:25 +1000 Jan Schmidt wrote:
> <quote who="Peter Hardy">
> > On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:52:00 +1000 Jan Schmidt wrote:
> > > <quote who="Tony Green">
> > > > On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 10:37, Jan Schmidt wrote:
> > > > > That looks like normal output from passwd to me. Which part do
> > > > > you think is a bug?
> > > > 
> > > > I'm guessing the point is that is should be (in the posters
> > > > opinion)"LINUX" password, not "UNIX" password.
> > > 
> > > Ah, indeed. There has to be a better selection than a trademark
> > > for that sentence.
> > 
> > Don't anybody show this thread to SCO.
> 
> The Open Group, actually - they're the guys who actually own the
> trademark.

Indeed.  I'm far too sleep-deprived to be trolling anybody. :-)

> Do all the distros have this same wording?

I don't recall seeing anything different, and the Redhat boxen I just
tried had exactly the same wording.

I was hoping it would be something in the shadow utilities, which are
fairly cross-platform.  But it seems the culprit is the pam_unix module
of Linux-PAM.  I don't think it's such a big deal - it's a password that
conforms to UNIX password standards, the fact it's being used on a
non-UNIX system is incidental (IANAL, etc).  But the Linux-PAM guys
would be the ones to send a polite email to if you think it should be
changed.

For what it's worth, the one real UNIX box I tried this on doesn't
mention UNIX at all. :-)
# uname -a
AIX stlwmyqy-ri01 1 5 00066B2A4C00
# passwd
Changing password for "bp"
bp's Old password:

-- 
Pete