[PATCH suggestion] mkpasswd: was "Re: Fw: After new install, start in /usr/bin/{myname} not in /home/{myname}"

Pavel Tsekov ptsekov@syntrex.com
Thu Jan 31 03:42:00 GMT 2002


Pavel Tsekov wrote:

> Hello, Robert :)
> 
> I've just tracked this problem. Here is what I've found:
> 
> First of all the problem will appear on Win9x/ME only.
> In version 1.18 of mkpasswd.c the following change was
> made:
> 
> -
> -  if (passed_home_path[0] == '\0')
> -      strcpy (passed_home_path, "/home/");
> 
>    /* This takes Windows 9x/ME into account. */
>    if (GetVersion () >= 0x80000000)



I think that to revert back to the old (good) behaviour
with no side effect, one could just get the removed lines
i've pasted and put them inside the "if (GetVersion () >= 0x80000000)" 
block.

Btw atm the mkpasswd utiliti is not usable without the
-p option on Win9x/ME.




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