byobu

Don’t read /etc/passwd directly

Bug #682296 reported by Anders Kaseorg
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
byobu
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

byobu reads /etc/passwd directly in /usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install and /usr/lib/byobu/whoami; this fails for nonlocal users (NIS, LDAP, Hesiod, etc.). This patch makes it use the getent binary (from libc-bin) to read the passwd entries through NSS.

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lp:byobu
lp:ubuntu/natty/byobu
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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Thanks for the patch! Applied, and will be in 3.13. Cheers!

Changed in byobu:
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Low
Anders Kaseorg (andersk)
Changed in byobu:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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