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From: "paul kölle" <paul@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] nss_* and system users
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:57:26
Message-Id: 4492E21C.40101@subsignal.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] nss_* and system users by Chris Gianelloni
1 Chris Gianelloni wrote:
2 > Most things *should* not to *anything* if the account exists in
3 > mysql/ldap/nis/etc as the account is already present.
4 Right, i.e. use NSS for the query and *don't* use hacks like grepping
5 /etc/passwd.
6
7 > It's just the
8 > case of it *not* existing that causes the real problem.
9 Use a callback defaulting to /usr/sbin/adduser.
10
11 cheers
12 Paul
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