GNU bug report logs - #13738
Add --all option to 'users' command

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Message #21 received at 13738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: anatoly techtonik <techtonik <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13738: Add --all option to 'users' command
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:30:08 -0700

tags 13738 wontfix
close 13738
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

On 2013-02-18 2:01 p.m., Bob Proulx wrote:
> anatoly techtonik wrote:
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> anatoly techtonik wrote:
>>>> The 'users' command shows users who are currently online. It will be nice
>>>> to have --all option to show all users.
>>>
>>> Do you mean the equivelent to this?
>>>
>>>    $ getent passwd | awk -F: '{print$1}'
>>
[....]
> Solving the problem in general gets messy very quickly.  It is
> therefore one of those that is better solved locally by providing the
> tools needed to do what is needed on a case by case basis.  So far
> after forty years of Unix and GNU systems this hasn't been needed and
> therefore the use cases must be unusual.  The philosophy isn't to
> solve all problems but just to make all problems solvable.
> 
> It would help if you could say a few words about the case in
> which this would be helpful?

With no further comments in almost 6 years,
and this item already listed under our "rejected requests" page,
I'm closing this as "won't fix".

regards,
 - assaf

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