Subject: bin/1440: ar and "nobody" uid
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <louis@dachau.marco.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/06/1995 11:32:00
>Number:         1440
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ar creates corrupted archive for uid/gid = nobody (-2)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep  6 16:20:03 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ju"rgen Fluk
>Organization:
	marco GmbH, Dachau, Germany
>Release:        95/08/26
>Environment:
System: NetBSD robin 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (ROBIN) #2: Fri Sep 1 12:18:58 MSZ 1995 root@robin:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ROBIN i386

>Description:
	If (strlen(sprintf("%u", uid/gid)) > 6) ar creates corrupted
	archives. This is the case for files owned by "nobody".
>How-To-Repeat:
	>x
	chown 1234567 x
	ar rc x.a x
	ar tv x.a
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: