Dnia 29-11-2005, wto o godzinie 22:47 +0100, Nicolas François napisał(a): > retitle 341230 passwd: Partial changes with chfn other values > tags 341230 upstream > tags 341230 - unreproducible > thanks > > Hello Tomasz, > > Here is some more information. > > In chfn.c, we use getpwnam to retrieve the passwd structure for the given > user. > The reason this bug appear wim pam_unix 0.76 and not with 0.79 is that > pam_unix also uses getpwnam, and thus changes the internal structure > returned (to both shadow and pam_unix). > > I think we should either duplicate this structure, or use getpwnam_r.
getpwnam_r() it is only threas safe version od getpwnam(). chfn and shadow do not uses threads. For me it looks like bug in PAM so I don't see any things for adjust/fix on shadow level. kloczek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
