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Re: getspnam-support
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From:
Matthias Urlichs
Date:
November 27, 1999 02:04
Subject:
Re: getspnam-support
Message ID:
19991127110349.B8495@noris.de
Hi,
Jochen Wiedmann:
>
> I don't know what "incorrectly" precisely means, I can only
> say that from my experience getspnam was always required.
> This applies to both Linux and Solaris.
>
Returning the shadow data just because you're running as root is a possible
security hole.
> patches be accepted? Would automatic calls be preferred or
> explicit calls?
>
Explicit calls, preferably as an external module --
I don't think a shadow interface needs to be in the core.
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