[3014] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: registration of linux machines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Sep 27 14:13:19 2000
To: Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 27 Sep 2000 14:13:04 -0400
In-Reply-To: Alex Coventry's message of "Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:47:28 -0400 (EDT)"
Message-Id: <sjm7l7x3dqn.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
This is certainly an option. I have no objections to popping up a
screen pre-filled with the DNS response information. OTOH, I also
believe in KISS, which implies that another user input page, just to
verify a DNS response, is adding complexity. YMMV.
-derek
Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU> writes:
> > Hrm, then that might be a bug.
>
> Yeah, but it seems like a sensible thing to ask for and cross-check. A
> string of numbers is an easy thing to enter incorrectly. It will
> probably save us some boring support issues.
>
> Alex.
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