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Date:      Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:08:49 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Robert Drehmel <robert@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/id id.c
Message-ID:  <200504281308.51058.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200504281555.j3SFtsYB052286@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200504281555.j3SFtsYB052286@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Thursday 28 April 2005 11:55 am, Robert Drehmel wrote:
> robert      2005-04-28 15:55:54 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     usr.bin/id           id.c
>   Log:
>    - Merge two functions for printing `id' output.
>      Showing the ids of both an user given by an argument to `id',
>      and the current user, is now handled in a single function.
>      Displaying the current user's ids was inaccurate because
>      getgroups(2) had been used.  getgroups(2) returns the current
>      kernel state of a user's groups, which may not always be
>      correct if /etc/group was recently changed.
>    - Fix a few style bugs.
>
>   PR:             bin/78085

I thought that was a feature rather than a bug since it shows you your real 
actual credentials.

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