On Thu, 15 May 1997 16:48:03 +1000 
 Luke Mewburn <lukem@connect.com.au> wrote:

 > There's a two part solution to this:
 > * modify pw_scan() to use strtol() instead of atoi(), and to set
 >   the return value of flags to include _PASSWORD_NOUID (or NOGID)
 >   if there was an invalid number.

...ok, sounds fine ... 

 > * pwd_mkdb: in case of _PASSWORD_NOUID being returned for a non-YP
 >   line, to either:
 > 	* ignore the line (maybe flagging a warning), or
 > 	* to treat the uid/gid as -1 (not a standard?)

...I'd prefer "ignore the line and issue a warning".

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