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[Bug libc/6685] Add a putpwnam()
- From: "drepper at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 23 Jun 2008 14:21:37 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/6685] Add a putpwnam()
- References: <20080621080028.6685.miek@miek.nl>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2008-06-23 14:21 -------
Administrating user and group databases is the job of a completely separate set
of programs. This is an insanely complex piece of work (just look at
http://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page). It'll never happen as part of a little
interface in glibc.
The fact that putpwent exists is an historic accident. It comes from a simpler
time and is likely completely unused today.
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What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
Summary|Add a putpwnam() |Add a putpwnam()
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6685
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