Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:20:01 -0800 (PST) From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org> To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/9351: 2.2.8-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT should include getpwent.c semantics Message-ID: <199901062220.OAA11431@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/9351; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
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Subject: Re: docs/9351: 2.2.8-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT should include getpwent.c semantics
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 16:14:18 -0600
I reckon I should "submit" a "fix" ... HTH
On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 07:42:28PM -0000, dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org wrote:
>Fix:
Append the following, or something like it, to the errata file:
o getpwnam(3) semantics are incorrect in some cases.
Fix: If passed a string longer than the maximum allowed for a user name,
getpwnam will incorrectly return an entry for a user that matches the
initial characters in the string up to the maximum length allowed for a
user name. To correct this behaviour, libc needs to be patched and
recompiled. The appropriate patch can be obtained at
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c.diff?r1=1.35.2.2&r2=1.35.2.3
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