Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
do not already exist and have a password
English answer:
do not already exist but have a password
Added to glossary by
Fuad Yahya
Oct 31, 2003 08:42
20 yrs ago
English term
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sentence
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IT (Information Technology)
Users specified in XXX. file who do not already exist and have a password specified are created
Does the negation also concern 'Have a pasword...created'
Cuz it seems to me strange that they don't exist and they have a password specified...
Thanks
Does the negation also concern 'Have a pasword...created'
Cuz it seems to me strange that they don't exist and they have a password specified...
Thanks
Responses
| 4 +2 | It´s unclear, but ... |
Chris Rowson (X)
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| 4 +3 | They probably meant "or have a password" |
Fuad Yahya
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| 5 | Accounts will be created only for new users who have specified a password. |
Alaa Zeineldine
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Change log
Jan 11, 2006 18:12: Fuad Yahya changed "Field (write-in)" from "IT" to "(none)"
Jan 11, 2006 18:12: Fuad Yahya changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Responses
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It´s unclear, but ...
yes, my instinctive interpretation (based on 25 years IT in London) is that these users have a password specified in the file.
"Do not ... exist" doesn´t really mean that they don´t exist, it means that they have not yet been set up in the permissions file/database that is being maintained here. The username, at least, is in the file, so I guess the people exist :-) - it´s confused IT-speak.
Records are created in the permissions database for users who are in the file and have a password, but do not yet exist in the permissions database.
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Note added at 2003-10-31 09:09:05 (GMT)
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The input file has a list with two columns: name, password.
For records where the name is not already in the permissions database and for which the password is not blank, a record is created in the permissions database with that name and password.
"Do not ... exist" doesn´t really mean that they don´t exist, it means that they have not yet been set up in the permissions file/database that is being maintained here. The username, at least, is in the file, so I guess the people exist :-) - it´s confused IT-speak.
Records are created in the permissions database for users who are in the file and have a password, but do not yet exist in the permissions database.
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Note added at 2003-10-31 09:09:05 (GMT)
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The input file has a list with two columns: name, password.
For records where the name is not already in the permissions database and for which the password is not blank, a record is created in the permissions database with that name and password.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Yes, you must be right. I also think that they have already a password but don't exist...that's why they are created...
Thanks to Fuad too)"
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2 mins
They probably meant "or have a password"
They either do not exist at all or do not yet have a password.
Peer comment(s):
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mbc
5 mins
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| agree |
Peter Linton (X)
: Correct interpretation. Could be better expressed "users who do not yet exist and therefore do not yet have a password."
9 mins
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In other words, the negative applies to both the existence and the possession of a password, as the asker guessed. I agree.
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| agree |
EKM
13 mins
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Accounts will be created only for new users who have specified a password.
Realize that the users are already specified in file XXX. You then assume that information about the users has been collected which may (and in this case "does") include passwords for some of the users.
Now the information has been collected (possibly from a web interface or a GUI), but the user accounts have not be yet created yet. At the stage when the accounts are created, the software will look in file XXX for users who have a password assigned and will create new accounts for them. The software does not allow a new account to be created for a user without a password.
That is how I read the missing pieces.
HTH.
Now the information has been collected (possibly from a web interface or a GUI), but the user accounts have not be yet created yet. At the stage when the accounts are created, the software will look in file XXX for users who have a password assigned and will create new accounts for them. The software does not allow a new account to be created for a user without a password.
That is how I read the missing pieces.
HTH.
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