Re: Bug #23053 (was Re: fix for frozen)
apharris@burrito.onshore.com (Adam P. Harris) writes:
> 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.
I know... I'm working on a fix that uses 'useradd' instead... But since I'm
about to move 7000 km, my time is quite limited... But I'll try to upload the
fix before Hamm is released...
> 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.
That was hardly the issue (nor my intention)...
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