[ python-Bugs-1465646 ] test_grp & test_pwd fail

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Bugs item #1465646, was opened at 2006-04-06 10:57
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Richard Townsend (rptownsend)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: test_grp & test_pwd fail

Initial Comment:
test_grp and test_pwd fail on PC running Red Hat 
Enterprise Edition V4.2 with Python-2.4.3 and Python-
2.5a1.

See attached file for test error messages.



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Comment By: Matt Fleming (splitscreen)
Date: 2006-04-06 15:48

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AFAIK getgrgid() doesn't handle negative integers very well
(I can't even add a group with a negative gid on my NetBSD
machine).

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Comment By: Richard Townsend (rptownsend)
Date: 2006-04-06 14:42

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The test workstation is getting its password and group info 
from NIS.

The test workstation is running Red Hat Linux, but the NIS 
server is running HPUX 11i.

I believe these are the entries causing the errors:

lancaster:/etc > ypcat passwd | grep '-'
nobody:*:-2:-2::/:

lancaster:/etc > ypcat group | grep '-'
nogroup:*:-2:




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Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-04-06 13:01

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Can you post the relevant part of /etc/passwd and /etc/group?

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