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Re: [OpenAFS-devel] Re: OpenAFS and glibc-2.2


From: Ulrich Drepper
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-devel] Re: OpenAFS and glibc-2.2
Date: 25 Mar 2001 16:48:44 -0800
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Russ Allbery <address@hidden> writes:

> implicit in "initializes" would be a discarding of all existing
> memberships.

This definitely is the case.  All group memberships are wiped out.
Look at the kernel setgroups() implementation.  Unless the groups are
somehow also added via a NSS service (all of the services are searched
all the time) you will not see these groups.

> Sounds to me like a glibc 2.1 bug fixed in 2.2.

I agree.  Though I don't know what could have caused the 2.1
implementation to behave as you described.

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