/etc/passwd and symlinks

Alexander Griesser alexander.griesser at lkh-vil.or.at
Thu Nov 8 12:48:17 UTC 2007


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Paul Fox wrote:
> is there any reason that passwd and chpasswd shouldn't follow
> symlinks to find /etc/passwd?

Good question!
I'm struggling with this issue for a few weeks now and always
wanted to file a "bug report" on this one ;)

Looking forward to see something like this implemented in a future
release.

Alex, trying to live with a ro /etc.
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