Nonexistent user, continued

[Matt Johnston]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 08:25:09PM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote:
> Matt Johnston wrote:
> 
> >To simplify things, try compiling and running (and
> >straceing) the attached program with
> >gcc -o getpwnamroot getpwnamroot.c
> > 
> >
> Hi Matt:
> 
> the attachment must have gotten stripped; in any case there was none....

*sigh* here it is now. Really should set up that mutt hook
to warn about forgetting attachments...

Matt

> 
> >Running it here (Debian testing iirc), I see it looking at
> >/etc/nsswitch.conf - is that all that stuff set up right?
> > 
> >
> 
> Nope.  I don't have one....  I'll set one up and test tomorrow.  This is 
> a learning exercise for me; I am trying to build a system by hand, one 
> file at a time.  Interesting, if you like sorting sand. :-)
> 
> Thanks for all your help.
> 
> --Yan
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