Subject: Re: fixing `Invalid UID's default to 0' problem...
To: None <lukem@connect.com.au>
From: David Holland <dholland@eecs.harvard.edu>
List: tech-security
Date: 05/16/1997 19:00:39
> * 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?)
Not -1... -2, perhaps. Or look up "nobody". Too many things (like
setreuid, typically) interpret -1 specially in not particularly
desirable ways.
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