[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#341230: passwd: Partial changes with chfn
other values
Christian Gennerat
Christian.Gennerat at m4x.org
Tue Nov 29 12:28:51 UTC 2005
Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.13-7
Severity: important
When a chfn is done by root, to change only one value,
other values are taken from the root-gecos
libs:~# chfn -f newus -r ndesk -w ntel -h nhom -o noth newuser
libs:~# grep newus /etc/passwd
newuser:x:1009:1009:newus,ndesk,ntel,nhom,noth:/home/newuser:/bin/bash
libs:~# chfn -h HomeNew newuser
libs:~# grep newus /etc/passwd
newuser:x:1009:1009:root,rroot,wroot,HomeNew,oroot:/home/newuser:/bin/bash
libs:~# grep wroot /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root,rroot,wroot,hroot,oroot:/root:/bin/bash
newuser:x:1009:1009:root,rroot,wroot,HomeNew,oroot:/home/newuser:/bin/bash
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.23
Locale: LANG=fr_FR at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR at euro)
Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii debianutils 2.15.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam0g 0.79-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii login 1:4.0.13-7 system login tools
passwd recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
passwd/password-mismatch:
* passwd/username: xg
passwd/password-empty:
* passwd/md5: false
passwd/user-uid:
* passwd/shadow: true
passwd/username-bad:
* passwd/user-fullname: x-g
* passwd/make-user: true
passwd/title:
passwd/retry-ppp: true
passwd/keymap-failed:
passwd/stop-ppp: true
passwd/selection-path: simple
passwd/dselect:
passwd/login:
passwd/install-problem: true
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