Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:50:45 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING Message-ID: <20031214015044.GA28627@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <200312140042.hBE0g1fL082055@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200312140042.hBE0g1fL082055@repoman.freebsd.org>
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--W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 04:42:01PM -0800, Robert Watson wrote: > rwatson 2003/12/13 16:42:01 PST >=20 > FreeBSD src repository >=20 > Modified files: > . UPDATING=20 > Log: > Comment on initgroups.c:1.8: it can prevent users from logging in if > a user has over 16 groups defined. > =20 > Reported by: "Klaus-J. Wolf" <yanestra@web.de> A similar change is needed in 4.x or the change should be backed there. I think we should back it out (in stable) until the various users of initgroups are fixed to output something useful and, preferably, not exit when this happens. As it is, we turned an rarely hit edge case that was somewhat difficult to debug into a fatal error that that is about equally difficult to debug and breaks the account in question. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/28HyXY6L6fI4GtQRAlVbAJ94V+KGIC5vW46SLoTHHO2tMuhGYgCg3IG7 qVWed9+xJkg/98HRkUPJd3o= =9sAY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA--
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