Hi Junio, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 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. For what it's worth, `sudo` is "broken" on my system. Ram -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html