Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:36:31 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Re: bringing /etc/services up to date Message-ID: <20040707183631.GH54749@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20040707183054.GA22792@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <6.1.0.6.1.20040707033352.03dbca18@popserver.sfu.ca> <20040707172558.GA17351@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20040707181327.GE54749@over-yonder.net> <20040707183054.GA22792@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:30:54AM -0700 I heard the voice of Brooks Davis, and lo! it spake thus: > > IMO, programs that read the flatfile will get what they deserve. You won't get any argument from *ME* on that. But there ARE still programs (that do "get what they deserve", but it's still annoying) that parse /etc/passwd manually instead of using getpw*() or PAM, too. Chances are, there are programs being written right now that do that, either through ignorance, or "for security", or just for sheer cussedness. That's not to say it's a showstopper that should paralyze any future work. But it's also not entirely a handwave "who cares?" Like most interesting things in life, it's an irritating middle ground. -- 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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