newgrp to switch to her primary group.
This fixes http://bugs.debian.org/396691.
Debian patch 497_newgrp_primary_group.
+ * src/newgrp.c: Remove a comment which states otherwise.
2007-11-17 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
needspasswd = 1;
/*
- * Now i see about letting her into the group she requested. If she
- * is the root user, i'll let her in without having to prompt for
- * the password. Otherwise i ask for a password if she flunked one
+ * Now I see about letting her into the group she requested. If she
+ * is the root user, I'll let her in without having to prompt for
+ * the password. Otherwise I ask for a password if she flunked one
* of the tests above.
- *
- * Note that she now has to provide the password to her own group,
- * unless she is listed as a member. -- JWP
*/
if (getuid () != 0 && needspasswd) {
if (grp->gr_passwd[0] == '\0') {