From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:35:17 GMT Subject: Re: Test failure: Test #3 in t1304-default-acl Message-ID: <7vvcfctmka.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: 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.