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

[Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>]

Hi,

I'm just trying to write an short prototype for an external
authenticator for squid and discovered the following:

    #! /usr/bin/perl
    print (getpwnam('root'))[1], "\n";

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


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


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


Can anybody explain this?

Package: perl
Version: 5.004.04-7

Package: libc6
Version: 2.0.7.19981211-6


    Best Regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Gruesse aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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