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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 2002 03:50:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/13108: authunix_create_default includes egid twice
Message-ID:  <200210291150.g9TBo3OT027661@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/13108; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org>
To: Bug followup <bug-followup@freebsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/13108: authunix_create_default includes egid twice
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:43:08 +0100

 Adding this to the audit-trail.
 
 ----- Forwarded message from David Mazieres <dm@scs.cs.nyu.edu> -----
 
 From: David Mazieres <dm@scs.cs.nyu.edu>
 To: johan@FreeBSD.org
 Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
 Subject: Re: bin/13108: authunix_create_default includes egid twice
 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:21:44 -0500 (EST)
 
 > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:31:29 -0800 (PST)
 > From: Johan Karlsson <johan@FreeBSD.org>
 > 
 > Synopsis: authunix_create_default includes egid twice
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
 > State-Changed-By: johan
 > State-Changed-When: Mon Oct 28 13:29:08 PST 2002
 > State-Changed-Why: 
 > 	The code in question was removed in rev 1.13 of 
 > 	src/lib/libc/rpc/auth_unix.c
 > 
 > 	If there is a problem with the new code please
 > 	open a new PR.
 > 
 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=13108
 
 The new code seems to have the same problem.  The new version of
 authunix_create_default() is:
 
         if ((len = getgroups(NGRPS, gids)) < 0)
                 abort();
         /* XXX: interface problem; those should all have been unsigned */
         return (authunix_create(machname, (int)uid, (int)gid, len,
             (int *)gids));
 
 I think this code should be:
 
         if ((len = getgroups(NGRPS, gids)) < 1)
                 abort();
         /* XXX: interface problem; those should all have been unsigned */
         return (authunix_create(machname, (int)uid, (int)gid, len-1,
             (int *)gids + 1));
 
 Either that, or you should change nfsm_rpchead in
 nfsclient/nfs_subs.C.
 
 Currently, the fact that authunix_create_default and the kernel create
 different AUTHUNIX credentials is a pain for SFS (a FreeBSD-compatible
 network file system that I work on--see www.fs.net).  I realize that
 my needs are somewhat esoteric.  I certainly don't expect you to put
 in a change just because it is good for SFS.  However, just on simple
 aesthetic grounds, doesn't it make sense for the kernel and libc to be
 consistent with each other?  Can't FreeBSD just decide if the AUTHUNIX
 parms should contain a second copy of the egid in the grouplist, and
 then have both libc and the kernel do the same thing?
 
 Of course, at this point, if you were to change the kernel, it would
 make things even worse for me, because right now there is no way of
 autoconfing FreeBSD's behavior.  I have hard-coded the current kernel
 behavior into SFS if the OS name is FreeBSD.
 
 Thanks,
 David
 
 ----- End forwarded message -----
 
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