ldap-getpwnam and become_root

Gerald Carter cartegw at Eng.Auburn.EDU
Sat Jul 10 19:53:52 GMT 1999


Ignacio Coupeau wrote:
> 
> I think -perhaps- this is a little odd because if the PDC are using
> LDAP, what are doing the getpwnam looking at /etc/passswd?

Matching uid from the local UNIX system for file access.






Cheers,
jerry
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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