Conference hydra::axp-developer

3488.0. "Queensland University of Technology" by HYDRA::AXPDEVELOPER (Alpha Developer support) Tue Apr 15 1997 03:17

    Company Name :  Queensland University of Technology
    Contact Name :  Richard Berrie
    Phone        :  
    Fax          :  
    Email        :  r.berrie@qut.edu.au
    Date/Time in :  15-APR-1997 03:17:21
    Entered by   :  Ian Chamberlin
    SPE center   :  REO

    Category     :  unix
    OS Version   :  
    System H/W   :  


    Brief Description of Problem:
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Subj:	broken ndbm in ULTRIX and Digital UNIX

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Subject: broken ndbm in ULTRIX and Digital UNIX
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:41:03 -0400
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Dear Digital people,

The following script demonstrates how ndbm is broken in both ULTRIX
V 4.3 and Digital Unix 4.0B.  Could you please comment.

Regards,
Richard Berrie,
Systems Programmer,
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

------8<-------
#!/bin/sh
/bin/cat > fails << \EOF
n1943332:*:37952:1000:BENJAMIN
WENMAN:/user4/n1943332:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1942441:*:37885:1000:SHANNON
WARRIAN:/user3/n1942441:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1942263:*:37874:1000:KATE WARD:/user6/n1942263:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1934422:*:37277:1000:DEAN STENSNESS:/user9/n1934422:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1933531:*:37211:1000:BARBARA SPARKS:/user7/n1933531:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1933264:*:37193:1000:NATASHA SMYTHE:/user7/n1933264:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1916424:*:35892:1000:JENNIFER
MURPHY:/user4/n1916424:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1916335:*:35884:1000:SHANE
MURARENKO:/user3/n1916335:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1915444:*:35809:1000:GRACE MORRIS:/user3/n1915444:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1943154:*:26036:1000:AMY WELLER:/user8/n1943154:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1934155:*:25965:1000:RODNEY STANTON:/user5/n1934155:/usr/local/bin/bash
n1915533:*:25853:1000:BROOKE
MORRISON:/user4/n1915533:/usr/local/bin/bash
EOF
# try ULTRIX
if [ -f /etc/mkpasswd ] ; then
  /etc/mkpasswd fails
fi
# try Digital UNIX (OSF1)
if [ -f /usr/sbin/mkpasswd ] ; then
  /usr/sbin/mkpasswd fails
fi

Although the submitter appears not to be an ASAP member, the bug seems to be
real, so I've QAR'd it.