Bug#483645: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#483645: Bug with UID=4294967296 on Alpha-Arch. (lenny/sid)

2008-06-02 Thread xrgtn
s uid to smth. like UID_MAX (this is for _i386_): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# su - u32 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=4294967295(u32) gid=100(users) groups=100(users) I think that Debian/GNU on Alpha must exhibit the same behaviour. -- With best regards, xrgtn (+380501102966/ICQ:381730053/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#483645: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#483645: Bug#483645: Bug with UID=4294967296 on Alpha-Arch. (lenny/sid)

2008-05-30 Thread xrgtn
CTED]:~$ grep uid_t /usr/include/sys/types.h typedef int uid_t; /* user ID */ typedef uint_t uid_t; /* user ID */ typedef unsigned int cpuid_t; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a OSF1 xxx.yyy V5.1 2650 alpha [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- WBR, xrgtn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Bug#478771: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#478771: passwd: shadow libraries ignore stale locks based only on PID

2008-05-15 Thread xrgtn
w tool or another tool that avoided the >lock file removal. maybe SIGINT is not explicitly handled or similar. But there's no way to cleanup after itself on SIGKILL ;) (flock/lockf works here) > But that could be mentioned in the manpages (FILES section). Should be mentioned th

Bug#478771: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#478771: passwd: shadow libraries ignore stale locks based only on PID

2008-05-14 Thread xrgtn
This is not portable across Unices and prone to race conditions (ps -fp/PID checks too). But this is more easy to program in C. 4. Forcibly overwrite .lock files after some timeout (e.g. around 2 minutes). Maybe we should try combined 1/3 approach. 1st on flock-less platform

Bug#363033: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#363033: passwd: usermod has a confusing usage when adding groups for a user

2006-04-17 Thread xrgtn
tags 363033 confirmed thanks >Version: 1:4.0.14-9 ... >usermod >Usage: usermod [options] login > >Options: > -a, --append GROUPappend the user to the supplemental GROUP OK, I see. It's a problem with online help, while manpage is correct WRT the matter... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email