Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 20:00:55 GMT From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4202: pwd_mkdb trashes .db Message-ID: <199707312000.UAA02655@ubiq.veda.is> Resent-Message-ID: <199707312010.NAA00232@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4202 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pwd_mkdb trashes .db >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 31 13:10:02 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Adam David >Organization: Veda Internet >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: FreeBSD >Description: pwd_mkdb trashes spwd.db when the root partition is full. this is not acceptable behaviour, it should fail gracefully. >How-To-Repeat: (almost) fill the root partition and add a user. >Fix: a) don't do that b) move the old database files out of the way and move them back if we fail. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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