Bug#519479: libc6: NSS does not support gshadow database
tag 519479 + fixed-upstream
thanks
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.
>
This patch has been fixed upstream. However, as it introduces an ABI
change I won't backport it into glibc 2.9. As the release of glibc 2.10
should appear soon, I'll package a snapshot of the current CVS. I can't
promise when though, it can be days or weeks depending on how I am busy
in this period.
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