On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 05:40:22PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar_at_FreeBSD.org> writes: > > But, if you run `pwd_mkdb -u' BEFORE you rebuild the entire database > > with plain `pwd_mkdb', the database will have version 3 entries for > > all of your users, but only a version 4 entry for the single target > > user. Old binaries still function fine, but new binaries now `see' > > that the database supports the new version 4 entries. So, only the > > single user that was updated is recognized. > > Why do new binaries ignore the older version 3 entries? They only ignore them if there is a `version tag' in the database that indicates a later version. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal nectar_at_celabo.org . jvidrine_at_verio.net . nectar_at_freebsd.org . nectar_at_kth.seReceived on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 07:38:54 UTC
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