Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:07:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Brion Moss <brion@queeg.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1387: Group file errors cause absolute havoc Message-ID: <199607160507.WAA18710@coven.queeg.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199607160510.WAA04044@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1387 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Group file errors cause absolute havoc >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 15 22:10:01 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Brion Moss >Organization: NetDaemons Associates >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE Pentium 133 >Description: If you add an erroneous entry in the /etc/group file (in this case, it was "majordom: majordom" -- just about everything on the system breaks without any explanation. Better error-checking code might be nice...SunOS, for instance, does not fall prey to this. >How-To-Repeat: echo "majordom: majordom" >> /etc/group Many things (sendmail, httpd, cron, etc.) will now break. >Fix: Try to be careful not to make typos when editing the group file. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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