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Date:      Sun, 23 Jun 2002 03:06:29 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To:        Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
Cc:        "Geoffrey C. Speicher" <geoff@sea-incorporated.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Matt Simerson <freebsd@blockads.com>
Subject:   Re: bug in pw, -STABLE [patch]
Message-ID:  <20020623080629.GB40762@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020623000216.E37393-100000@mammoth.eat.frenchfries.net>
References:  <20020622180011.V80651-100000@sea-incorporated.com> <20020623000216.E37393-100000@mammoth.eat.frenchfries.net>

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On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 12:47:30AM -0700 I heard the voice of
Paul Herman, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> Keep it simple.  Do what you mean.  If you want to make changes to
> /etc/master.passwd then open(2) /etc/master.passwd with O_EXLOCK.

The point being (backing up to the start of the discussion a few months
ago) that that doesn't work when master.passwd changes as part of the
process.


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd@over-yonder.net
Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/

"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"

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