[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#296729: Bug confirmed : useradd does not preserve sticky bits on skeleton directories

[Christian Perrier]

tags 296729 upstream
thanks

> I don't remember any patch for this so answer is: yes.
> But IMO more importand is question: is it real bug (?)

Well, at least the admin is entitled to wait for this to be possible.

>=20
> Can you say something more about case where preserving stick bit will b=
e=20
> useable/valueable ?
> Sticky bit is useable when some directory is shared by group of users b=
ut
> created home directory is stricly for one user usage.


I'm pretty sure that we can find examples where, yes, this may be
needed. At least sticky bit for groups on directories in home users
have some interesting uses=A0: we use it on people.debian.org for some
palces where a developer wants a directory to be writable by other
developers...

So, well, there may be cases where having this possible through the
skel directory has some interest=A0: the bug submitter had one example,
after all..:-)

Usually, I think that this is a matter of interpretation for the local
admin but the software should allow it.