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From: Jon Moldenhauer <jpm@almond.elite.net>
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Subject: 2.1 binaries and 2.2 getpw*
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I wasn't sure if this has been noticed so I thought I would ask:

Has anyone else noticed that 2.1.0 binaries on a 2.2 system cannot
lookup users in YP maps if they use getpw*?

I recently upgraded a 2.1.0 system to 2.2 and I had no problems
until last night when I made a change to /etc/master.passwd (first
change since the upgrade).  As soon as the /etc/pwd.db and
/etc/spwd.db files were rebuilt all the 2.1.0 binaries on the
system stopped being able to look up users in the YP maps.  I have
been recompiling most of the affected programs and that fixes it,
but in case anyone else hadn't seen this I thought it might be
good to let people know about this caveat.

Jonathon
jpm@elite.net