From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Dec 22 10:14:51 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA14894 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 10:14:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from po2.glue.umd.edu (root@po2.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA14886 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 10:14:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from ginger.eng.umd.edu (ginger.eng.umd.edu [129.2.103.20]) by po2.glue.umd.edu (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA23656; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 13:14:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by ginger.eng.umd.edu (8.8.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA27049; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 13:14:45 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: ginger.eng.umd.edu: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 13:14:45 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@ginger.eng.umd.edu To: vitjok@fasts.com cc: freebsd-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/2268: linux-libc does not use /etc/passwd in a right way In-Reply-To: <96Dec22.194220+0000_.115-219+1@fasts.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 22 Dec 1996 vitjok@fasts.com wrote: > > >Number: 2268 > >Category: ports > >Synopsis: libc from linux emulator does not use /etc/passwd in a right way > >Originator: Victor Rotanov > >Organization: > FASTS Ltd. > >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386 > >Description: > > Any linux program that uses /etc/passwd does not authenticate > users because it reads it in a way linux does. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > Try to run linux version of xdm - you will not be able to log in. > > >Fix: > > linux libc should be corrected. This doesn't sound like any kind of subject for a FreeBSD ports pr. This is _linux_'s libc, not FreeBSD's libc. We cannot modify a linux binary. One could argue that our Linux emulation might be able to better handle this one, but the Linux emulation is not part of ports, so this pr will never get closed. The FreeBSD port is of the linux libc, and that's what it successfuly does; it's not a port of linux compatibility, which is part of the FreeBSD kernel, not part of the port. This will become a forever pr .... I think that this might be brought up on the -current mailing list better; it doesn't seem possible to resolve this as a ports issue. I'd want to either close this pr, or shift it to another category. Comments? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------