[Freeipa-devel] Time-Based Account Policies - Feature Proposal

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2015, Simo Sorce wrote:
>On Thu, 2015-04-16 at 10:04 +0200, Stanislav Láznička wrote:
>> >> Possible values of each keyword:
>> >> timeofday       0000-2359
>> >> dayofweek       Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
>> >> dayofmonth      1-31
>> >> weekofmonth     1-5
>> >> monthofyear     Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct,
>> >> Nov, Dec
>> >> year            a year
>> >
>> > IMO dayofweek and monthofyear should use number as well. Numbers
>> > are easier to process.
>> >
>> On the other hand, names of days and months keep the rule more
>> readable,
>
>... for English speakers ...
I agree. We can always provide readable interface in the UI or CLI but I don't
think having names as LDAP values would be good.

>> which I think might be better when checking for mistakes in those
>> rules.
>
>In most cases people will read these rules after they have been through
>a parser that can translate numbers in whatever locale names the user
>uses. Using numbers is preferable.
>
>Please let's not mix schema and presentation here. The LDAP schema
>should be tilted toward coding convenience first and readability second
>(with exceptions as always).
Yep.

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/ Alexander Bokovoy