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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:50:30 -0500 (CDT)
From:      <nat@mylanders.com>
To:        Mitch Vincent <cygone@zoomnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Duplicate uid and gid in password file
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990604104853.29939H-100000@mylanders.com>
In-Reply-To: <00c701beae9a$962ed200$0200000a@cygone.zoomnet.net>

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It is the default script that comes with the system. Think
it could happen if two people are running the script
at basically the same time? 

Nat

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Mitch Vincent wrote:

> Eek, yes that is a problem..
> 
> Permissions are done with UID/GID; if you have multiple users with the same
> UID or GID, those users will have control over other users' files (with
> matching UID/GIDSs).. I don't know what could cause it, except a screwy
> script.. I've never had that happen.
> 
> -Mitch
> 
> "When all your plans fail, backup, re-group and press on. The only real
> failure is quitting..."
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GonZo <gonzo@boy.rpd.univ.kiev.ua>
> To: nat@mylanders.com <nat@mylanders.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Duplicate uid and gid in password file
> 
> 
> >Nothing realy destructive,the system will use name which come first in
> >password file
> >-------------
> >WBR GonZo
> >
> >
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