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Re: idvec-verify...


From: Alfred M. Szmidt
Subject: Re: idvec-verify...
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:23:54 +0200

   >    addauth with numeric IDs that are not in passwd/group/shadow
   >    should still work for root.  Does it?
   > 
   > For some value of works, yes.  ids will segfault if you try to
   > list effective/active ids in idvec-rep.c:loopkup_uid() since we
   > try to access memory at NULL (line 133).

   That means addauth is fine, and ids has a bug.

You mean that idvec-{verify,rep,anything-that-uses-get*_r}.c has a
bug.

   > The idvec-verify.c functions still shouldn't cause a segfault,
   > the same applies to idvec-rep.c and any other case that doesn't
   > check what get*_r() returns.

   Of course.

Will send a patch for it then.




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