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Date:      Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:04:58 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen getpwent.c
Message-ID:  <20030421140458.GA61956@madman.celabo.org>
In-Reply-To: <200304211357.h3LDvwWi085977@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200304211357.h3LDvwWi085977@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 06:57:58AM -0700, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> nectar      2003/04/21 06:57:58 PDT
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     lib/libc/gen         getpwent.c 
>   Log:
>   Don't try to access the NIS `master' maps unless we have superuser
>   privileges.  To do so may cause the NIS server to log spurious and
>   annoying `access denied' messages.
>   
>   Reported by:    Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx>
>   Sponsored by:   DARPA, Network Associates Laboratories
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.77      +9 -7      src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c


I had originally left this test out, because it is a silly test :-)
The access control, such as it is, is done based on the source port
number.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@celabo.org>          http://www.celabo.org/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se



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