Re: Warning: Do NOT upgrade base-passwd in unstable!
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 09:57:15AM -0500, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> If you are running unstable, do NOT upgrade the base-passwd package!!!
> Version 3.2.2 has a critical bug which causes it to swap the UIDs and GIDs
> for users in the /etc/passwd file. (See bug reports #130032 and 130085.)
>
> I found this out the hard way. The simple fix if it's already happened to
> you: copy the backup file "/etc/passwd.org" over top of the new file
> "/etc/passwd".
Crap - too late here :( How the heck did this work on maintainer's system?
- Adam
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