Re: Bug #23053 (was Re: fix for frozen)
Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@tripnet.se> writes:
> James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk> writes:
> > We're asking you to use
> > some damn common sense. There is an interface to
> > /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} which is *more than adequate* for your
> > needs. Had you used it the issues of locking and incorrect ownership
> > would be non-existent, as they deal with that for you and god knows
> > what other issues besides. They exist, and they are enough for
> > adduseer. Why are they not enough for you? Why can you not use them?
>
> Because I never heard of them... I'll fix this in the next release (slink),
> or is it serious enough that I have to fix it for hamm?
I believe what you were (?) doing is still a crucial bug. If the hamm
version still has you directly mucking with files you don't own in
/etc, it is severely broken. Please don't take offense at this, it's
just that we have a lot of pride in our Policy and in our product.
You should either fix it for hamm or remove it from hamm.
Futhermore, any followup discussions concerning a bug should be CC'd
to the bug tracking system, hence my CC to 23053@bugs.debian.org.
You should not try to redesign /etc/passwd at all (i.e., the
discussion about using a database format for /etc/passwd). Instead,
find out about PAM and how it makes that proposal irrelevant.
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