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Discussion of newuser.
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Dec 1 23:00 UTC 2010 |
This item is for the discussion of newuser. What should it ask people for?
The following are pretty much required:
1) Login name.
2) "Real" name (they don't have to put in an actual name, but we need
something for the GECOS field in the password file)
3) Email address (so we can email them their password).
Right now, it asks for some other stuff and uses that to build the user's
.plan file: phone number, address, the type of computer you use, what you
do for a living, gender, birthdate, and what other interests you have.
None of this is necessary.
Actually, for legal reasons, we may *have* to ask for birthdate, but I'm
not a lawyer and not sure. But I remember that that was a thing a few
years back.
What else?
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