Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:38:22 -0800 (PST) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: udo@iml.fhg.de, ru@FreeBSD.org, davidn@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/21074: chkgrp vs group(5) inconsistency Message-ID: <200212031838.gB3IcM6A015829@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: chkgrp vs group(5) inconsistency
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: ru
State-Changed-When: Tue Dec 3 10:03:30 PST 2002
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chkgrp(8) is not lying to you; the correct NIS group(5) entry
might look like this:
+:*::
Please re-read the group(5) manpage, which says, in particular:
: The file </etc/group> consists of newline separated ASCII
: records, one per group, containing four colon `:' separated
: fields. These fields are as follows:
: group Name of the group.
: passwd Group's encrypted password.
: gid The group's decimal ID.
: member Group members.
And later on:
: An entry whose name field consists of a single plus sign
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: with no group name following, will be replaced with the
: entire YP/NIS ``group.byname'' map.
But this certainly does not preclude the other fields from
being filled in (with something).
Responsible-Changed-From-To: davidn->freebsd-bugs
Responsible-Changed-By: ru
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Dec 3 10:03:30 PST 2002
Responsible-Changed-Why:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=21074
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