Tim Wunder spake the following on 2/27/2007 2:00 PM: > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 4:46:59 pm Jim Perrin wrote: >> However, since today seems to be 'old reference' day between here and >> work, I'll throw down a gauntlet. >> >> Geek challenge of the day: What does the acronym GECOS stand for and >> how is it used in linux today? >> >> No cheating with man pages or wikipedia! > > General Electric Comprehensive Operating System > It is my understanding that it is currently used in linux to refer to the > proper name field in the /etc/passwd file. > > Is that close? > > I cheated, however, I didn't use wikipedia or the man page. So I /am/ > following the rules set forth ;) > > Tim He didn't say you couldn't use Google ;-P Plenty of links that aren't man page or wikipedia. It's even in RedHat docs. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!