Bug 759919 - Unsure whether bug: Group 77 changes name from "pcap" to "arpwatch" if arpwatch installed
Summary: Unsure whether bug: Group 77 changes name from "pcap" to "arpwatch" if arpwat...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: arpwatch
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-04 21:27 UTC by David Tonhofer
Modified: 2011-12-05 08:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-12-05 08:48:09 UTC
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Description David Tonhofer 2011-12-04 21:27:00 UTC
Description of problem:
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----> At first, group 77 is named "pcap":

# grep pcap /etc/group
pcap:x:77:

# grep arpwatch /etc/group
<nothing>

----> Install arpwatch:

# yum install arpwatch

----> Group name changed:

# grep pcap /etc/group
<nothing>

# grep arpwatch /etc/group
arpwatch:x:77:

# grep arpwatch /etc/passwd
arpwatch:x:77:77::/var/lib/arpwatch:/sbin/nologin

# grep pcap /etc/passwd
<nothing>

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
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arpwatch-2.1a15-14.el6.x86_64


How reproducible:
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Didn't try

Comment 2 Miroslav Lichvar 2011-12-05 08:48:09 UTC
The user and group pcap was used by package tcpdump which originally included libpcap and arpwatch. That package was split and the user pcap is now arpwatch and tcpdump has a new user/group with id 72.


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