samba-tng-alpha-1.0.tar.gz (group names)

[David Bannon]

At 07:45 PM 22/03/2000 +1100, Michael Breuer wrote:
>I spoke too soon... there doesn't seem to be a nice way to use an
alternate passwd file. However... how about a simpler hack... add
>"_G" (or something) to all unix groups.  Then create group map entries
where appropriate.
>

I'd be a bit wary of doing this. I tried it when these sort of problems
cropped up un the old 'head' branch. Went through the /etc/group file and
uppercased all groups that had the same name as users. It produced a very
long list of things that broke. Lots of systems use group names and don't
expect to see them changed. Each one was easy enough to fix but I kept
finding more .....

In the end time pressure got the better of me and I backed out. Still
running the head branch from mid 99.

David
David
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