OT: Written communication (Was: Re: Quick enable/disable user account.)

[Alan DeKok]

Christ Schlacta wrote:
> I've noticed that many features in freeradius are implemented
> unintuitively.   Groups are one example.  the various rlm modules are
> another example.

  *Concrete* examples.  Great!

  The "unintuitive" support for groups is that FreeRADIUS doesn't really
support groups.  There are hacks to do groups in /etc/group, LDAP, or
SQL, but they're awkward and confusing.

  I'm not sure what's unintuitive about the various rlm modules.  Which
ones?  Why?

>  Furthermore there's alot of extensive documentation to
> filter through.  Asking a general question in hopes of narrowing the
> search parameters isn't unreasonable.

  Sure.  "How do I do X" is a *much* better question than "tell me 5
ways to do X".  And it's even better to say "I've read X, Y, and Z, but
I still have questions about paragraph 3"

>  a good answer to this particular
> question would have been
> "look into creating a disabled group, or adding an rlm_sql column to
> enable or disable users.  you should read the man rlm_sql and look into
> the files in the sql folder to see what the existing queries look
> like".  it narrows the search paramters to one folder and one man-page
> without taking forever and enables the OP to find the answer quickly and
> easily.  I've gotten similar answers before, and used them to their
> fullest.

  Sure.  Anyone is welcome to answer any question on this list. :)

  Generally, questions with content get answers with content.

  Alan DeKok.