Re: [ISSUE] No support for shadow groups, yet we perpetrate to have it

To: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: [ISSUE] No support for shadow groups, yet we perpetrate to have it
From: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 01:28:53 +0200
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On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 06:53:18PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> This may sound silly, but in fact, glibc does not support shadow groups[1]

Indeed. I think we can drop this idea altogether. How many people do use
passwords on groups anyway?

thanks,
Marcus

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