Proposal for modifying Get_Pwnam() [Re: couple of
getpwnam()questions]
Gerald Carter
gcarter at valinux.com
Mon Nov 27 17:55:41 GMT 2000
Kenichi Okuyama wrote:
>
> Though I did have seen 'Administrator' in /etc/passwd
> before, I agree.
Yeah. I know. :-)
> GC> I would assume the local getpwnam() call should handle
> GC> the foreighn characters. But I am by no means someone
> GC> who should be talking about foreigh character support :-)
>
> Ah... It's not as easy as you think.
I figured it would not be. That's why I prefaced my
statement with the "I don't have the foggiest idea of
what I am talking about" standard disclaimer. :-)
Thanks for pointing of these issues though.
> So, comes my suggestion. Just use pointer to
> function. When someone start porting Samba to new system,
> he( or she ) will select ( or simply create )
> new_Get_Pwnam() that matchis one's request, and change
> (*Get_Pwnam)() accordingly.
>
> Leave problem to native speakers. It's easy to make I18N
> structure. But L10N is not an easy job.
A good suggestion. I will probably not attempt that
at this go round since it would be a hack. I would rather
solve this particular problem in the context of a code
review to address all foreign language issues.
Cheers, jerry
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