Bug#295680: libc6: getgrname returns a result that doesn't belong to /etc/group
On 2005-06-20 14:11:56 +0200, GOMBAS Gabor wrote:
> The rules are:
>
> 1. If you want to support a certain operating system/distribution then
> don't put any groups/users in NIS that conflict with the default
> setup of that operating system/distribution.
This means that Debian (in particular) won't necessarily integrate
nicely in a foreign network. There are at least 2 valid reasons that
it may be difficult to follow this rule:
* The sysadmins cannot support every OS and cannot know every
possible conflict.
* The NIS database may contain old groups (but still valid), and
their names may have been given even before a package/software
using these names existed. Well, this is not future-proof.
> 2. If you did not follow rule #1 then don't complain when something
> breaks.
>
> These rules are not "standard" but just plain common sense.
This is a bit naive to think that everything will work OK with rules
that are not clearly defined standards (OS-independent).
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