SUMMARY: Cleaning Dangling User from tcb db

From: Tru64 User <tru64user_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:21:26 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks much to Pete Lindsay.
User marc showing up on file creations was not due to
tcb db, but rather old passwd.pag file.
ran mkpasswd, marc is now gone.

This is what Pete had to say:

If I am not mistaken tcb filesystem is the addition of
acls, while acls
can
speficy the "default directory" acl they cannot
speficy a "default
owner"
the only thing that sets owner ship is a process and
the only place
that
ownership evalutated is the password database , notice
I didn't say
/etc/passwd. This is because if your running Enhanced
Security or NIS
or
have done a passwd hash, then you maybe looking
elsewhere for your user
name. If one of these is the case we need to start
looking at other
name
sources.



--- Tru64 User <tru64user_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> #/usr/tcb/edauth -g shows user marc.
> man pages state to remove user after removing one in
> base do:
> #/usr/tcb/convuser -d
> #/usr/tcb/convuser -Md
> I tried these, but user marc still shows up.
> Clues?
>
>
>
>
>
> PROBLEM:
> Working with NFS mounts. Sitting on server A,
> restoring to FS mounted on Server B. (using tar xv
> /dev/dlt .)
> On A mountpoint, files restored with correct owner &
> group (rick:scit).
> Login into B, check the restored files, and owner is
> an unknown user (probably existed once upon a time -
> marc:scit). Username does not exist in /etc/passwd,
> /etc/group, dxaccounts does not have account as
> retired either, he is just nowhere.
> When user rick creates a file while sitting in
> server
> B, it does have correct ownership (rick:scit)
> User rick exist on both servers A & B.
>
> example:
> [/scit is mounted on serverB, and NFS mounted on
> svrA]
>
> serverA_at_/scit/moll$ touch test
> serverA_at_/scit/moll$ ll
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 rick system 0 Apr 18 11:07
> test
> serverB_at_/scit/moll$ rlogin serverB
> rick_at_serverB's password:
> Last successful login for rick: Wed Apr 18
> 11:07:16
> 2001 from serverA....
> Last unsuccessful login for rick: Thu Mar 29
> 18:12:17
> 2001 from serverA....
>
> Digital UNIX V4.0G (Rev. 1530); Thu Feb 8 22:27:06
> EST 2001
> No mail.
> serverB_at_/usr/users/rick$ ll /scit/moll
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 marc system 0 Apr 18
> 11:07
> test
> serverB_at_/usr/users/rick$
>
>
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