Bug#4585: passwd is not NIS compatible

1996-09-25 Thread Dominik Kubla
I think a refile should be done, because (at least to my knowledge) the usage of "[+-]login" as NIS notation is widespread. Pleas note that this also happens when there are netgroup entries and [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a legal netgroup entry. Dominik

Bug#4585: passwd is not NIS compatible

1996-09-25 Thread Guy Maor
On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Dominik Kubla wrote: > It happens when passwd encounters a "+kubla" entry (without colons). > Then it will insert something like: > > +kubla:(null):5999:103:(null):(null):(null) > > chosing apparently random values for uid/gid. The installed libc version > is 5.2.18-11. Acc

Bug#4585: passwd is not NIS compatible

1996-09-25 Thread Dominik Kubla
> I can't duplicate this. On my system, `+kubla::' gets replaced > with `+kubla::0:0:::'. People knowledgable about NIS told me that was > ok. My bug-report was inaccurate: It happens when passwd encounters a "+kubla" entry (without colons). Then it will insert something like: +kubla:(nul

Bug#4585: passwd is not NIS compatible

1996-09-25 Thread Guy Maor
On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Dominik Kubla wrote: > When encountering NIS overide entries (like "+kubla::") while changing > a local password, the programm will fill the empty fields with the string > "(null)". I can't duplicate this. On my system, `+kubla::' gets replaced with `+kubla::0:0:::'.

Bug#4585: passwd is not NIS compatible

1996-09-25 Thread Dominik Kubla
Package: passwd Version: 1.0-5 When encountering NIS overide entries (like "+kubla::") while changing a local password, the programm will fill the empty fields with the string "(null)".