X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=OgVGmLF1uSr4A76gSrbUTWDErT7+NSjXFjP5VxFScC1aH7ikb/xsi /KGC+yLTBnmBwrQt3FnJ06DkH1dVTNJx2eMnQamCw4Yee/x72QQ6B3m9AjCAqxqR pslwRxC0w6324GM99fcFMuQjRsDCOIkESLa6tvP5p2TvfrOfbWVJQE= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=8punQlK5fOLhZay4RcP5KikO00k=; b=WIXNcg6u/yYzUCPAK3pDQXFe2qvB awS0ykxK4TxrrjU1jA6TCdA7vWEhsa9BKjC+LjRQ9Ze+Ik36eYRBrpIHWsb3eUmO R4MiNk+tOHWA7FXWEXuEWoPmi8YncUDttI1CcIWILFzxVI0Fqurn5CsUGJKGo1v/ 3wGN1FbtMqq6/T4= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 11:18:32 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: New passwd handling upgrade issue? Message-ID: <20140524091832.GI750@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3ea91112b2ae92e81302d89805ad2425 AT lixil DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SO98HVl1bnMOfKZd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3ea91112b2ae92e81302d89805ad2425@lixil.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) --SO98HVl1bnMOfKZd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On May 23 17:10, Joel Johnson wrote: > I've been reading the mailing list updates on the new password handling as > tipped by the message in the updated getent package a few days ago. First, > thanks for putting this update in place, it will be a welcome improvement > here with our group. I did notice that 1.7.30 was released earlier today > with no announcement and apparently doesn't have the new functionality yet > as expected though. The problem was in fact that the announcement mechanism had a hiccup. I uploaded 1.7.30 yesterday but only could create the announcement a few minutes ago. > In my testing locally, everything seems to be going well with the excepti= on > of one issue that I'm seeing. Upon initial upgrade to the snapshot librar= y, > when opening a console I would get the "id: cannot find name for group ID" > message as mentioned previously during testing [1]. This was tested with > snapshots as recent as today [1.7.31s(0.273/5/3) 20140523 10:31:42 i686 > Cygwin]. In my testing I didn't change anything except add the new snapsh= ot > dll. Of note is that I had an old /etc/passwd file with (obviously) > different uid/pgid numbers, and the error was caused by trying to lookup = the > old primary gid as listed in the passwd entry and failing. >=20 > According to the discussion previously on the list, cygwin should report = it > as a fake group (either Unknown_Group+XXXX or Unknown+Group with gid -1, > depending on the reference I read). In this case, the uid is resolved > correctly (via passwd entry), however the group is not. First of all, thanks for testing, I really appreciate it. Hmm, I'm not sure the code can support this scenario as before. I'll be unavailable for the next three weeks, but maybe I can have another look into this this weekend. Just don't hold your breath. Thanks, Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --SO98HVl1bnMOfKZd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTgGPnAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+g6dIP/R2FS1UMLqDB0Aoz3zimX0oV 4J4P6FlpV1KcXvbsP7VPZUdVBOGZL3kpEfdHrGVoFQQTE8xGA8Heuju63o0m0ZzT t5VilyOR9OTbMEzviEiEBjXWEHgxI/8ix04YHOT5eY/1E2KmrnDeJSVuoxaS3sn1 7ZkYW8USIseUvF1MdO8MJS6n0RJZlPxgTmH5rrNdR9qtzh1b5QS+Vu7k3O0XYe1v n3con8i2lgHUWoOnqx2TFZVJ37C+nB9OIisZrLJyk/adeduRKRJocCrktmrn/3SG EvxPMueriTuvt+ogpAdIHjeSd/Ee1rnTqvJxflgUWk7/6YJOjV+J87U76cPStJ/Y UkuBW6I56o+Zp/EjBkXnZRZnEno7Hk5ce65SQuK5PK2QsrgnzS0zntUSRlrZoXWh apfExcP+wcjKk1q0GVZER+ocUiIdL6Z7g4bGyZW1oXa1yEDS/LlLOInmNgwrZDKa fOQdRlZpcE8G9zycXx0ltrdSOAZq/8jqjc2/PU8XGTZk3x+nGUeaEE9yj9RoE8gD mAuS/+d2k4a95vJYjaUbKy739oEhS6paTLBOjLnZ2WLTTVUDZXqBqos2Z1xhGcFH p5xRQvI/GpRzFcOHuGfMyQipTD1UL9XU+fpOFyIW0V0iwcxH6w+51utdFTYIX5Kc capjKQDR9RLPZyPyjSYP =jt+o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SO98HVl1bnMOfKZd--