Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 02:10:04 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/16798: rmuser rebuilds entire passwd datebase for single user Message-ID: <200002181010.CAA13466@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/16798; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To: oui@jps.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/16798: rmuser rebuilds entire passwd datebase for single user
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:02:27 +0200
On Thu 2000-02-17 (16:41), oui@jps.net wrote:
> >Number: 16798
> >Category: bin
> >Synopsis: rmuser rebuilds entire passwd datebase for single user
> rmuser rebuilds entire database for passwd with rmuser. On our system
> this takes about 5-10 minutes (ugh)
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
> try rmuser
> >Fix:
> change
> system('/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb', '-p', ${new_passwd_file});
> to
> system('/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb', '-u', ${login_name}, '-p', ${new_passwd_file});
> in
> /usr/sbin/rmuser
Have you tested this change? The code I added to pw does this:
if (mode == UPD_DELETE)
rc = pwdb(NULL);
else
rc = pwdb("-u", user, NULL);
This is because pkg_mkdb -u login when deleting 'login' didn't work
for me.
Neil
--
Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za
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