Default path to identity file

Robert Dahlem Robert.Dahlem at gmx.net
Thu Aug 26 01:32:07 EST 2004


On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:47:02 -0500 (CDT), Ben Lindstrom wrote:

>> Identity files are always expanded by tilde_expand_filename() which 
>> gets the name of the home directory from getpwuid(my_uid)->pw_dir.
>>
>> This is not what I expect (well, hope :-) when my UID is 0 but I'm not
>> root.

>It's in bad form to have more than one UID 0 account.  Heck any duplicate
>UID in general.  A lot of software can't correctly identify which users
>and thus it will assume the first one found in a linear search of the
>password file.

Tell the suits. :-( Requirement is to not administrate as root but under 
an account for the use of one single named person. There is a german 
saying "vom Regen in die Traufe kommen", which dict.leo.org translates to 
"out of the frying pan into the fire". You get it?

Regards,
        Robert






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