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authorR. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2010-12-14 16:20:53 (GMT)
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#775964: skip YP/NIS entries instead of failing the test
Also includes doc updates mentioning that these entries may not be retrievable via getgrnam and getgrgid. Patch by Bobby Impollonia.
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@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ correspond to the members of the ``group`` structure (Attribute field below, see
The gid is an integer, name and password are strings, and the member list is a
list of strings. (Note that most users are not explicitly listed as members of
the group they are in according to the password database. Check both databases
-to get complete membership information.)
+to get complete membership information. Also note that a ``gr_name`` that
+starts with a ``+`` or ``-`` is likely to be a YP/NIS reference and may not be
+accessible via :func:`getgrnam` or :func:`getgrgid`.)
It defines the following items: