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From: etb@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Bushnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Problem with groups (su)
Keywords: su /etc/group rgyd
Message-ID: <18743@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 91 16:45:18 GMT
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Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <1991Mar19.154313@ap.co.umist.ac.uk> rn@ap.co.umist.ac.uk (bob nutter) writes:
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>On certain nodes, an su is rebuffed with `You do not have permission to su
>root'. The thing is, I *do*! Running groups(1) just prints a blank line, whilst
...
>for 10.1, don't have the diskspace to go to 10.3 yet...

Yes! But I get it at 10.3. groups(1) usually returns an *incomplete* list.
Earlier discussion leads me to believe that rgyd does *not* update
/etc/passwd[group] in a timely or accurate way. 

I've also had trouble with reusing unix id numbers. I assigned a number
from a deleted acct to a new user, and *one* machine insisted upon 
using the previous owner's name and rights.

Could we force rgyd to update the unix files if we delete /etc/passwd[group]?


Eric Bushnell
Univ of Washington Civil Engineering
etb@zeus.ce.washington.edu
etb@milton.u.washington.edu