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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-14 13:42:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-14 13:42:30 +0000 |
| commit | 75808db17caf8b960b351e3408e74142f4c85aac (patch) | |
| tree | 7989e9c09a4240248bf4658a22208a0a52d991c4 /tags/m/maintainer-script-should-not-parse-etc-passwd-or-group.tag | |
| parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.117.0.upstream/2.117.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/tags/m/maintainer-script-should-not-parse-etc-passwd-or-group.tag b/tags/m/maintainer-script-should-not-parse-etc-passwd-or-group.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1da9065 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/m/maintainer-script-should-not-parse-etc-passwd-or-group.tag @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Tag: maintainer-script-should-not-parse-etc-passwd-or-group +Severity: warning +Check: scripts +See-Also: getent(1), nss(5) +Explanation: The maintainer script appears to manually parse <code>/etc/passwd</code> + or <code>/etc/group</code> instead of using the <code>getent(1)</code> utility + to display entries. + . + This bypasses the Name Service Switch (NSS), avoiding querying + centralised or networked user databases such as LDAP, etc. |