Does this have something do do with nsswitch.conf? $ grep -E "^(passwd|group)" /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files nisplus nis compat group: files nisplus nis compat
> My broken mailer grunged the examples. I'll append ; to each > command so output is more distinguishable, and try again. > > This may not be a source package bug. I observed this > behavior on a Mandrake 10.1 Official box > (coreutils-5.2.1-4mdk.i586.rpm) and tried also Mandrake > Cooker (coreutils-5.2.1-5mdk.i586.rpm). > > A Gentoo user I know reports that id -Gn ; (5.2.1) appears to > work as it should. I wonder what might cause the broken > behavior to occur? > > > Here is 5.2.1 behavior. Please note the difference in output > > when id -Gn is invoked with/without a user name. Is this > > fixed in 5.3.0? I do not see a reference to "id" in the list > > of changes, but maybe I missed it. > > > > id -Gn without a user name gives double output for most > > groups that a user is a member of. > > > > --- > > > > $ id --version > > id (coreutils) 5.2.1 > > Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie. > > > > Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. > > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or > > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > $ id -Gn ; > root adm adm wheel wheel news news apache apache cvs cvs > cvsadm cvsadm webadm webadm > $ whoami blahblah ; > $ id -Gn blahblah ; > root adm wheel news apache cvs cvsadm webadm > > > > --- > > > > For reference, please consider this correct behavior from an > > old version that is consistent in both cases when a user name > > is provided and when one is not. > > > > --- > > > > $ id --version > > id (GNU sh-utils) 2.0.11 > > Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie. > > > > Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. > > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or > > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > $ id -Gn ; > blahblah root news cvs cvsadmin webadmin backups > $ whoami ; > blahblah > $ id -Gn blahblah ; > blahblah root news cvs cvsadmin webadmin backups > > > > --- > > Kevin R. Bulgrien > > Product Engineer > > > > General Dynamics C4 Systems > > http://www.tripointglobal.com/ > > VertexRSI > > 1915 Harrison Road Tel: > > 903-295-1480 x288 > > Longview, TX 75604-5438 Fax: > > 903-295-1479 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
