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[PATCH 2/6] ident.c: Disambiguate the error messages in setup_ident

From
Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2005, 00:52 UTC
Message-ID
<m1oe94yjow.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>

If your user name is too long it is your sysadmin who hates you not your parents!

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
---
 ident.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
935f88376b79fc19df6dff85ba57ed94f06d79f0
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ int setup_ident(void)
 	/* Get the name ("gecos") */
 	len = strlen(pw->pw_gecos);
 	if (len >= sizeof(real_name))
-		die("Your parents must have hated you");
+		die("Your parents must have hated you!");
 	memcpy(real_name, pw->pw_gecos, len+1);
 
 	/* Make up a fake email address (name + '@' + hostname [+ '.' + domainname]) */
 	len = strlen(pw->pw_name);
 	if (len > sizeof(real_email)/2)
-		die("Your parents must have hated you");
+		die("Your sysadmin must have hate you!");
 	memcpy(real_email, pw->pw_name, len);
 	real_email[len++] = '@';
 	gethostname(real_email + len, sizeof(real_email) - len);
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