[PATCH] fill_user_info: fake user info for 'root' if it can not be found

[Krzysztof Konopko]

2013/2/27 Krzysztof Konopko <krzysztof.konopko at gmail.com>

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> 2013/2/27 Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
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>> Similarly, I wouldn't object to a patchset which tried to obtain peer
>> processes' groups via /proc on Linux, falling back to mapping the uid to
>> a username then calling getgrouplist() for that username on other Unix
>> platforms - but this would need to be checked for regressions on at
>> least one non-/proc Unix platform, and I suspect the code structure may
>> make this harder than it looks at first glance. That would resolve
>> <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9328> if implemented.
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> I'm keen to make such an attempt.  With small patches and well understood
> steps I think it's plausible.  It won't be a rapid activity though due to
> limited amount of my spare time.  Looking forward though to get on with it.
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I submitted first patch to that bug.  No final solution though--just some
preliminary work.  I know that this may end up nowhere but at least I think
it's worth to give it a try.


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> Cheers,
> Kris
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