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

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Subject: Re: perl or libc6 bug?: getpwnam('root') in NIS environment
From: Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 06:18:57 -0400
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 19990416094626.X9838@eremit.is.datom.de>; from Heiko Schlittermann on Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 09:46:26AM +0200
References: <[🔎] 19990414115533.W31210@eremit.is.datom.de> <[🔎] ytt4smj6v44.fsf@gilgamesh.cse.ucsc.edu> <[🔎] 19990415083318.8520.qmail@snoopy.apana.org.au> <[🔎] 19990416094626.X9838@eremit.is.datom.de>

On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 09:46:26AM +0200, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> Ooops, so an xlock would have problems in NIS enviroment with security
> based on ports?

xlock won't work unless you make it setuid.

Mike Stone

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