From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jun 22 10:20: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48072153AB for ; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:20:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA33927; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906221720.KAA33927@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: bin/10019: Keyinfo and keyinit may use the wrong name if the uid is shared by multiple logins Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/10019; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Garrett Wollman 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