[Bug 251339] New: pwconv: Error trying to get data for `+'
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251339 Summary: pwconv: Error trying to get data for `+' Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: thomas+novell@lotterer.net QAContact: qa@suse.de When /etc/passwd ends with NIS compat entry "+::::::" then pwconv(8) bails out with error "pwconv: Error trying to get data for `+'". This breaks applications that try to add local users in a NIS extended environment. It is a long standing bug that exists at least in SLES10 and OpenSUSE 10.[012]. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251339 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |kukuk@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251339 hvogel@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|hvogel@novell.com | Resolution| |INVALID ------- Comment #2 from hvogel@novell.com 2007-03-07 04:11 MST ------- This is no bug. Using shadow passwords in a NIS environment make no sense at all. Anyone in that network can do a ypcat on the file with the passwords. If the passwords are not in there NIS is not serving them which defeats the purpose of NIS. So if you are adding a local user in a NIS environment you should use useradd(8) which adds the password to the shadow file directly. Instead of adding it to passwd and split it with pwconv. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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