[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1124950: usermod -U on a passwordless account returns with exit code 0

[Marc Haber]

Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.18.0-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/usermod

Hi,

# useradd foo
# usermod -U foo
usermod: unlocking the user's password would result in a passwordless account.
You should set a password with usermod -p to unlock this user's password.
# echo $?
0
#

usermod should not exit with a zero return code in this situation.

Greetings
Marc



-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii  base-passwd     3.6.8
ii  libacl1         2.3.2-2+b1
ii  libattr1        1:2.5.2-3
ii  libaudit1       1:4.1.2-1+b1
ii  libbsd0         0.12.2-2
ii  libc6           2.42-7
ii  libcrypt1       1:4.5.1-1
ii  libpam-modules  1.7.0-5
ii  libpam0g        1.7.0-5
ii  libselinux1     3.9-4+b1
ii  libsemanage2    3.9-1+b1
ii  login.defs      1:4.18.0-2

Versions of packages passwd recommends:
ii  sensible-utils  0.0.26

passwd suggests no packages.

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