Package: base-files Version: 3.1.2 Debian Sarge
If I'm not mistaken, if you use db lookups for groups in nsswitch.conf, followed by files, this leads to double group membership. For example, when my nsswitch.conf contains: group: db files ...and after I've updated the database files in /var/lib/misc, I find that any group membership specified in /etc/group is reported twice by the 'groups' command. The effect isn't noticable unless you log in again, of course. If logging in via ssh, the ssh daemon has to be restarted. We discovered this quite by accident trying to track down an issue with Tru64 file locking in directories having no permissions for 'other' on nfs mounts from linux, but that's another story... Best. -- Ron Peterson Network & Systems Manager Mount Holyoke College http://pks.mtholyoke.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xB6D365A1&op=vindex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
