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Re: [PATCH] Comment out initgroups from example nsswitch.conf (Bug 25146)
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:09:47 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Comment out initgroups from example nsswitch.conf (Bug 25146)
- References: <ec6cbffc-09f5-dfab-1c92-3a38ba0d575d@redhat.com>
* Carlos O'Donell:
> In commit 4b7c74179c8928d971d370e1137d202f891a4cf5 the nsswitch.conf
> file was harmonized with downstream distributions, but this change
> included adding "initgroups: files". We should not add initgroups by
> default, we can have it, but it should be commented out to allow it
> to inherit the settings from groups. The problem is principally that
Typo: "group"
> downstream authconfig won't update initgroups and it will get out of
> sync with groups.
Likewise.
> ---
> nss/nsswitch.conf | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/nss/nsswitch.conf b/nss/nsswitch.conf
> index f553588114..9156af32ea 100644
> --- a/nss/nsswitch.conf
> +++ b/nss/nsswitch.conf
> @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ ethers: files
> group: files
> gshadow: files
> hosts: files dns
> -initgroups: files
> +# Allow initgroups to default to groups.
> +# initgroups: files
Typo: "group". Or "the setting for group".
Okay with either change.
Thanks,
Florian