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Subject: bin/1387: Group file errors cause absolute havoc
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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: