[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#293492: marked as done ([ALEXANDER] useradd:
by default creates user with unspecified shell,
this causes problems)
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Subject: useradd: by default creates user with unspecified shell, this causes
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Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.3-30.8
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/useradd
Short description:
useradd -u 600 -c "Test" -m test
does not specify shell in /etc/passwd. This creates different problems
later.
Long description:
I debugged for several evenings why vim complains on startup about no
shell and konsole starts shell with too simple prompt (sh-2.05$). It
appears that recently useradd has not been adding default shell anymore
on new user creation. This creates confusion and is against the
principle of least surprise - applications and users do expect some
shell specification.
IMHO it should add at least a /bin/sh to not confuse applications like
bash (empty SHELL) and vim (epmty SHELL gives error message on each file
open).
Better yes, it should add /bin/bash as default if no shell is specified.
Not because everyone should use bash or because it would be somehow
better than any other $SHELL but because Debian has a sensible default
configuration for bash that is userfriendly (things like user at host
prompt etc).
If any other shell is wanted, it's specified anyway using useradd -s or
useradd -D -s and I can now specify useradd -D -s /bin/bash to cure my
problem. This is not the problem, the problem is the selection of
sensible default behaviour out of the box. And IMHO even a low-level
program like useradd should still follow it.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-rc2
Locale: LANG=et_EE.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=et_EE.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii login 1:4.0.3-30.8 System login tools
-- debconf information:
passwd/password-mismatch:
passwd/username:
passwd/password-empty:
passwd/md5: false
passwd/shadow: true
passwd/username-bad:
passwd/user-fullname:
passwd/make-user: true
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Subject: Bug#293492: fixed in shadow 1:4.0.12-2
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Source: shadow
Source-Version: 1:4.0.12-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
shadow, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
login_4.0.12-2_i386.deb
to pool/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.12-2_i386.deb
passwd_4.0.12-2_i386.deb
to pool/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.0.12-2_i386.deb
shadow_4.0.12-2.diff.gz
to pool/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.0.12-2.diff.gz
shadow_4.0.12-2.dsc
to pool/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.0.12-2.dsc
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 293492 at bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> (supplier of updated shadow package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:34:29 +0200
Source: shadow
Binary: login passwd
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1:4.0.12-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org>
Description:
login - system login tools
passwd - change and administer password and group data
Closes: 293492
Changes:
shadow (1:4.0.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
.
* The "Boulette d'Avesnes" release
* Debian packaging fixes:
- debian/useradd.default:
File added and installed as /etc/default/useradd to provide
"safe" defaults to useradd and, for instance, have it create users
with a shell. Closes: #293492
Files:
f91e0e210c127ce00595cfc3c80766f0 867 base required shadow_4.0.12-2.dsc
9a73f447a37f1c6ad09357a37408a46f 680776 base required shadow_4.0.12-2.diff.gz
c73b3675de81c810e166226dcb62e48c 524820 base required passwd_4.0.12-2_i386.deb
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