LDAP (POSIX attibutes) password expiry

[Alan DeKok]

up at 3.am wrote:
> I wasn't offended, I was apologetic and tried to offer an explanation for my
> current cognitive difficulties (perhaps you missed that part, because it was
> removed in your reply).  I am a little taken aback by how much I have apparently
> offended you.

  It's not that I'm offended.  It's that I've had enough of people
asking questions, and arguing with the answers.

  I'm assuming that people ask questions because they honestly want
help.  I respond in that manner.  When I get told that my answer is
wrong, I tell people that they can be unsubscribed for wasting
everyone's time.

> Well, I hope you don't ban me.  I don't think that's happened to me in 20 years. 
> I am sorry that I came off as antisocial.  It was not my intention.

  I know.  To explain why certain things are antisocial, look at the
following story.

---
  You're standing on a corner, waiting to cross the street.  A car stops
at the light in front of you.  The passenger asks for directions.  You
say "Sure!  One block ahead, you can't miss it!"  When the light goes
green, the car does a U-turn, and goes back the way it came.

  Your response is probably to think bad thoughts about people in the car.

  And then the next day, you see the same car at the same corner.  They
do the same thing.

  The third day this happens, you tell the passenger "You know what,
you're not interested in my help.  Go figure it out yourself."  The
passenger then gets angry at you for being rude and unhelpful.
---

  The rules of this list are simple.  Ask questions.  Read the answers.
 Follow the instructions.  People wasting our time will get unsubscribed.

  Alan DeKok.