[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#448686: samba: /it's own/s/'//

Justin Pryzby jpryzby+d at quoininc.com
Wed Oct 31 05:25:09 UTC 2007


Package: samba
Version: 3.0.24-6etch4
Severity: minor

"its" is possessive; "it's" is contractive.  I grepped /usr/bin/ and
found that a handful of samba binaries include the phrase: "it's own"
which is always wrong.  It's (put acknowledged but not intended) worse
than "its not" (which is also always wrong) since it's not simply
ommision of an uncommon character but extraneous insertion thereof.

pryzbyj at libra:~$ find /usr/bin |xargs grep -e "it's own" 
grep: /usr/bin/fusermount: Permission denied
Binary file /usr/bin/gpa matches
Binary file /usr/bin/net matches
Binary file /usr/bin/smbget matches
Binary file /usr/bin/smbcacls matches
Binary file /usr/bin/smbcquotas matches
Binary file /usr/bin/rpcclient matches
Binary file /usr/bin/smbpasswd matches

pryzbyj at libra:~$ strings /usr/bin/net |grep "it's own"
ldapsam_change_groupmem: can't remove user from it's own primary group!






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