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Re: invalid login gid in /etc/passwd does not show group name as 'mkgroup'


On Oct  9 13:10, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Oct  9 13:05, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > For instance, the gid of a file depends on the numbers.  If the pgid is
> > smaller than the real gid, files are owned by the faked pgid and vice
> > versa.
> 
> Scratch that.  I confused myself while testing.

I changed the code to create a fake group name which should explain
what's going on.  Or maybe confuse the crap out of you.  But at least
it's something we can use here on the list:

  $ ls -l foobar
  -rw-r--r-- 1 herb passwd/group_GID_clash(898/10513) 0 Oct  7 10:27 foobar


Corinna

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