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From: e07@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Eric Wassenaar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: SR10.1.p passwd command makes rgy unavailable
Message-ID: <642@nikhefh.nikhef.nl>
Date: 18 Dec 89 09:36:30 GMT
Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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If root attempts to change the password of another user with the
'passwd username' command, the command hangs, and the registry
becomes unavailable. The files /etc/passwd and /etc/group become
empty. Sometimes one experiences bad side-effects, such as:
The rgyd daemon does not respond any more. All pending nfs
connections abort. New nfs connections are refused.
This situation is usually restored automatically, if you are lucky
within some 10 minutes.

This is unacceptable.

Eric Wassenaar
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