Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:58:11 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: don@sandvine.com Subject: Re: pw useradd not atomic? Message-ID: <200212101758.gBAHwBJf027861@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701023135@mail.sandvine.com> References: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701023135@mail.sandvine.com>
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In article <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701023135@mail.sandvine.com>, Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com> wrote: > > Is 'pw' not atomic somehow? The lines that are there seem > complete, i'm just missing the first 100 lines or so. Its > not always the same amount missing. As a quick work-around, you could possibly run the "pw" command under lockf(1). John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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