Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/10019: Keyinfo and keyinit may use the wrong name if the uid is shared by multiple logins Message-ID: <199906221720.KAA33927@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/10019; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/10019: Keyinfo and keyinit may use the wrong name if the uid is shared by multiple logins Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:16:34 +0200 On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:14:57 -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > Perl's manual page is erroneous -- or rather, it reflects a > historical situation which no longer prevails (at least not on *BSD). > getlogin(2) is at least as secure as getpwuid(3) -- more so if YP is > being used. So do you think it's worth the effort required to support multiple usernames on the same UID? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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