Bug#1030923: [PATCH] debian/postinst: Use '--force-badname' option if 'adduser' package version is below '3.122'.

[Mike Gabriel]

Control: close -1
Control: fixed -1 0.0.1+git20230316.f1bd0f1-1

On  Do 09 Feb 2023 12:25:49 CET, Daniel Teichmann wrote:

> Otherwise use '--allow-bad-names' option (if adduser version is new enough).
> Fixes: https://bugs.debian.org/1030923
> ---
>  debian/postinst | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
> index bd92aa1..56c44ce 100644
> --- a/debian/postinst
> +++ b/debian/postinst
> @@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ case "${1}" in
>                  # setup mDNS Reflector system user account
>                  if ! getent 'passwd' '_mdns.reflector' >'/dev/null'; then
>                          echo 'Creating _mdns.reflector system user.' >&2
> +                        # if adduser >= 3.122; then use --allow-bad-names
> +                        # if not; then use --force-badname
> +                        badname_option="--allow-bad-names"
> +                        version=`dpkg-query --show  
> --showformat='${Version}' adduser`
> +                        if dpkg --compare-versions "$version" "lt"  
> "3.122"; then
> +                            badname_option="--force-badname"
> +                        fi
> +
>                          adduser --system --no-create-home \
>                                  --disabled-password --disabled-login \
>                                  --shell /bin/false --group --home  
> /dev/null \
> -                                --allow-bad-names _mdns.reflector
> +                                "$badname_option" _mdns.reflector
>                  fi
>
>                  # Enable cap_net_raw+ep for the mdns-reflector binary
> --
> 2.30.2

This patch has been shipped since 0.0.1+git20230316.f1bd0f1-1. Closing  
this issue.

Mike
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