Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 06:00:04 -0700 (MST) From: freebsd-errata-update@roguetrader.com To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ERRATA NOTICE: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE Message-ID: <199901071300.GAA22022@ice.cold.org>
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** THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ERRATA UPDATE FOR FREEBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE **
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You can retrieve the complete ERRATA from:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT
The last update was sent: Mon Dec 28 23:23:57 1998
This update is sent: Thu Jan 7 06:00:03 1999
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---- SYSTEM ERRATA INFORMATION:
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 from
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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