Re: perl or libc6 bug?: getpwnam('root') in NIS environment

[Stephen Zander <gibreel@pobox.com>]

>>>>> "Heiko" == Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de> writes:
    Heiko> #! /usr/bin/perl
    Heiko> print (getpwnam('root'))[1], "\n";

    Heiko> returns the root encrypted password from the NIS-Servers /etc/shadow ...!!


    Heiko> /etc/nsswitch reads as:
    Heiko> passwd:         files nis #compat
    Heiko> group:          files nis #compat
    Heiko> shadow:         files nis #compat


    Heiko> And root is in /etc/{passwd,shadow} on the local host.


    Heiko> Can anybody explain this?

    Heiko> Package: perl
    Heiko> Version: 5.004.04-7

    Heiko> Package: libc6
    Heiko> Version: 2.0.7.19981211-6


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