Tim Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 5.2.1-2 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > When using OpenAFS PAGs, which store information as two fake gids, the > groups program complains that it cannot find names for those ids, and > causes groups to return an error. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ groups > users id: cannot find name for group ID 34182 > 34182 id: cannot find name for group ID 45415 > 45415 dialout cdrom floppy audio video fuse > > It seems that these error messages are useless since the information > that it could not find names for those groups is already clear from > them being displayed as numbers. Furthermore, the error message is > confusing, and the nonzero exit status is problematic for things like > pscp from Windows. > > Below is a patch to id.c to remove this behaviour.
Sorry, but the current behavior should stay. When a program like groups (or the underlying id -Gn) fails to do something that you request, it must exit nonzero to indicate the failure. If numeric GIDs are enough for your application, then use "id -G" instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
