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From: bobg@rains.wpd.sgi.com (Bob Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: ls -l dumps core
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.163501.6780@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 16 Jan 91 16:35:01 GMT
References: <1991Jan16.013303.15525@cs.ubc.ca>
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In article <1991Jan16.013303.15525@cs.ubc.ca>, buchanan@cs.ubc.ca (John (juancho) buchanan) writes:
|> If a file belongs to a user whose id is not defined in the passwd file a
|> ls -l will dump core.  This is a BUG which was introduced with 3.3.1  It
|> worked under 3.2.1 and it works on our suns.  
|> 
|> We are running yellow pages (oops sorry that's NIS)
|> and nfs if that makes any difference.


This was found to be a NULL pointer and fixed in 4D1-3.3.2.  Since it was not
in a shared library the change affects 20MB of binaries.  In any case, 4D1-3.3.2
and/or fixing the password file will resolve the problem.

Bob Green
Silicon Graphics