Bug#519479: libc6: NSS does not support gshadow database
severity 519479 wishlist
forwarded 519479 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9955
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:20:42PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.9-4
> Severity: important
>
> Unlike the passwd, shadow, groups etc. databases, the glibc
> NSS implementation does not include the gshadow database
> (which is the shadow file for the group database as shadow
> is for the passwd database).
>
> This prevents utilities such as getent from working:
>
> % sudo getent shadow
> [...]
> % sudo getent gshadow
> Unknown database: gshadow
>
> Not having one of the key password database files supported
> by NSS is a significant lacking. gshadow can subsequently
> only be accessed as the file /etc/gshadow and not via any
> of the NSS modules such as db or ldap.
>
> It would be great if this could be fixed for Squeeze.
Looking more closely at the bug, I fail to see how it can be an
"important bug", it is only a feature request. Note that glibc has no
notion about what is /etc/gshadow, this file seems to be known only
by the passwd package.
Anyway request forwarded to upstream. Please provide a patch if you
want this feature faster.
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Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
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