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Subject: Re: Vipw/pwd_mkdb Bug (?)
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There is another place where I also had an argument with getpwnam() and 
friends. From memory I believe there is some state in these functions.
Yep, I remember now. I had to reverse the order of a pair of
	getgrname()
	getpwnam()

to 
	getpwnam()
	getgrnam()

In /usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c.

-Guido