[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#793399: pwconv: failed to change the mode of /etc/passwd- to 0600

[Balint Reczey]

Control: fixed -1 1:4.4-1

Hi Duncan,

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:38:11 +0100 Duncan Eastoe <deastoe at brocade.com>
wrote:
> Package: passwd
> Version: 1:4.2-3
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Running pwconv when /etc/passwd- does not exist, and when there is no action
> required by pwconv in /etc/passwd, results in the error "pwconv: failed to
> change the mode of /etc/passwd- to 0600". This is because the /etc/passwd-
> backup file will not be created when no action is taken on /etc/passwd and then
> it tries to chmod the non-existent file.
> 
> I provided a patch (http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-shadow-
> devel/2015-February/010551.html) that was applied upstream (https://github.com
> /shadow-maint/shadow/commit/17887b216d6d8292870c572ce4be950cc4077f2a).
> 
> Please could the patch be applied in the Jessie shadow package?

I'm sorry but we are very close to Stretch's release and since the
workaround is rather simple I think it would make little sense to
back-port this fix.

At least it is fixed in Stretch already.

Cheers,
Balint