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Subject: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/vipw pw_util.c
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dillon      1998/12/12 17:36:45 PST

  Modified files:
    usr.sbin/vipw        pw_util.c 
  Log:
      Handle the race condition where vipw may lock a password file which has
      just been replaced.  After our lock succeeds we check if st_nlink is 0
      and if it is we close the descriptor and retry our open/lock sequence.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.12      +22 -6     src/usr.sbin/vipw/pw_util.c

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