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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Subject: Re: bin/6787: race condition in pw command 
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6787; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To: cts@internetcds.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/6787: race condition in pw command 
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:20:50 -0600

 > >Number:         6787
 > >Category:       bin
 > >Synopsis:       race condition in pw command
 > >Fix:
 > main() in pw.c should be modified to set an exclusive lock 
 > on /etc/master.passwd.
 > 
 > The function fileupdate in fileupd.c should be modified so that it does not 
 > lock /etc/master.passwd.
 
 Context diffs to sources will be appreciated. :)
 
 
 Nate
 
 ps. Hi Craig!

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