[2700] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: new xlogin problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Mon Mar 8 10:01:29 1999
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "08 Mar 1999 09:27:04 EST."
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Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 10:01:04 EST
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
warlord wrote, on linux-help:
>> IIRC, /etc/passwd.local is not used anymore in version 5.2
amu responded, also on linux-help:
> Uh, no, it's still used if present. It's just less important than
> it was in previous releases, because the new Athena Login library is
> better about cleaning up passwd.
/etc/passwd.local and /etc/group.local are still necessary for correct
operation of the athena login library. For instance, if you reboot a
machine while still logged in, you will not get cleaned out of the
passwd or group file without .local files. The RH-A 5.2 install
doesn't currently create those files; it should. (I've failed to
report this as a bug before.)
(The reboot case could be fixed, but the .local cases are still
necessary for robustness in the face of software bugs, and to handle
certain race conditions.)
