From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Test failure: Test #3 in t1304-default-acl Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:35:17 -0700 Message-ID: <7vvcfctmka.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7v4nmwwqox.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra , Git List To: Matthieu Moy X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Sep 17 22:35:33 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TDi2U-000297-2d for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:35:30 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752490Ab2IQUfV (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:35:21 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:56039 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751970Ab2IQUfU (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:35:20 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E3058141; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:35:20 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=BdMnIXpR2AhsI3tNXhP1PNlVtEQ=; b=vcT99M PfDQL+KwLhecfLmRLbGsiEr3md8UbE3kY6KAhLciGPPLje3fvMRHYLnqfh+ST36c SZ7O1Q0Bi1PEQAj2O6HkkU+7vdujccxgYshV6uhoXW1vHS2ZsiyugL7QyMKXFPyd 9ym/b7b7g1lbuTk9MXoafO1V40JUK+M9d6pP0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=F6FF3ZEAkBKMXHDAaSKKLPZP3v8e/bTw oIQzg1wrRumM1iWbUkW3lmZhRYstxGqhS3ywC99ZKKzuurF+JsUf/fapFE77APe3 pGgJ0zs6eloTsr58TvkNLJuqTlZBs4eOvoK5H6jzQJFYld+BM1lr8SFphgzlozVQ AEcyDpIlfZQ= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084138140; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:35:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63F10813F; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:35:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Matthieu Moy's message of "Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:52:30 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 3242CE26-0107-11E2-BD70-18772E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Matthieu Moy writes: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> I haven't been paying attention, but does that mean on that system, >> a total stranger kseygold can write, modify, and remove whatever Ram >> owns? I am hoping that is not the case. > > I can see two reasons for having the same UID for two login names: > > 1) the sysadmin really messed up, and as you say, a total stranger has > complete ownership of your files. Ramkumar, you should check that this > is not your case. > > 2) the sysadmin explicitely gave two login names to the same physical > person, as kinds of aliases for the same UID (e.g. the person got > married, changed her name and login, but expects ~oldlogin to continue > working). I'm not sure how common this is, and to which extend we want > to support this in our test scripts. I've only been assuming (1), but (2) feels like a legitimate (if confusing) way to configure your system. It is a separate issue if it is worth bending backwards to support it in the test, though.