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- From: jvp@vlsi1.dell.com (Jim Van Peursem)
- Subject: Re: Bug in yppasswd on 8.0?
- Message-ID: <jvp.715274468@vlsi1>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <5v9mq-k.kc@netcom.com> <22922@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:21:08 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- In <22922@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> mobej@thaad-1g%hac2arpa.hac.com (Mario Obejas) writes:
-
- >kc@netcom.com (Dameon D. Welch) writes:
- >: I remember reading somewhere or someone telling me about a bug in yppasswd
- >: that would throw a \n in instead of a real carriage return under 8.0.
- >: We have a series of standalone HP9000/720s running 8.07 and a series of
- >: clustered HP9000/300 series machines running 8.0 (the NIS server is a
- >: HP9000/730 running 8.07).
- >:
- >: Does this bug actually exist? If so, how do I fix it?
- >: --
-
- >From HP9000 Series 300/400 Patch Catalog for HP-UX 8.0
-
- >hp-ux_patches/s300_400/8.X/PHNE_0363 :yppasswd:/etc/passwd::"\n"
- > Files: PHNE_0363.text PHNE_0363.updt
- > Date: 91/07/18
- > Desc: The yppasswd daemon put a literal "\n" instead of a new line
- > command in /etc/passwd on the NIS master.
- > This patch is for S300 and S400 systems.
- > PHNE_0364 is for S700 and S800 systems.
- > SR#: 4701-026005
- > OS: 8.0
-
- Does anyone have this patch available for anonymous ftp? Or could
- someone e-mail it to me? I've just discovered the bug, and am in a
- bit of a hurry, as classes have just started and all new users want
- to change their passwords! :)
-
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