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Bug#92186: marked as done (libc6: getpwnam(3) should distinguish between NIS errors and user not found)



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Package: libc6
Version: 2.1.3-17
Severity: normal

At the moment getpwnam(3) sets errno to ENOENT whenever the entry is
not found.  This does not allow the application from distinguishing
between a nonexistant user from a genuine error (e.g., the NIS server
is down).  Therefore, getpwnam(3) should not set errno unless an
error did occur during the lookup.

Such a behaviour would be consistent with both POSIX and the SuS.  In fact,
strictly speaking, it is required by the SuS.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux gondolin 2.4.2-pentiumiii-smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 13 07:54:37 EST 2001 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages libc6 depends on:
ii  ldso           1.9.11-9       The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilit


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