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Re: Linux UID/GID 'Feature' (fwd)



On Sun, 11 May 1997, Ira Abramov wrote:

> On Sun, 11 May 1997, Nir Soffer wrote:
> 
> > Wierd...
> > 
> > psychodad:~> cat /etc/passwd | grep test
> > test::#507:Test:/home/test:/bin/bash
> > psychodad:~> su test
> > su: user test does not exist
> > psychodad:~>
> > 
> > Anything I did wrongly?
> 
> A. you didn't put a GID for it.

Whoops. I had one in the earlier tests , though, this was supposed to be a
demonstration :) (That apparently wasn't accurate)

> B. that's the way it's SUPPOSED to respond, only it doesn't on PAM-enabled
> redhat binaries...
Oh. Ok. Phew. I thought this was a deeper bug than that.

N.



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