On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 10:22:05PM +0100, Pierre Emeriaud wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> bgplgsh.8 shows an invocation to adduser with full path to bgplgsh,
> which is wrong:
> 
> lg# echo /usr/bin/bgplgsh >> /etc/shells
> 
> lg# adduser -shell /usr/bin/bgplgsh -batch rviews
> Shell ``/usr/bin/bgplgsh'' is undefined, use ``csh''
> Added user ``rviews''
> 
> lg# getent passwd rviews
> rviews:*:1004:999::/home/rviews:/bin/csh   <<<
> 
> lg# userdel rviews
> 
> lg# adduser -shell bgplgsh -batch rviews
> Added user ``rviews''
> 
> lg# getent passwd rviews
> rviews:*:1004:999::/home/rviews:/usr/bin/bgplgsh
> 
> on a related note, adduser(8) in interactive mode doesn't call
> shell_default_valid(), so it defaults to sh if invalid:
> lg# adduser -shell /usr/bin/bgplgsh rviews
> [...]
> Enter shell bgplgsh csh ksh nologin sh [/usr/bin/bgplgsh]: <<< accept
> default here
> [...]
> Added user ``rviews''
> 
> lg# getent passwd rviews
> rviews:*:1004:999:cli looking glass user:/home/rviews:     <<< no shell
> (not sure if that qualifies as a bug though - quite stupid in the
> first place to invoke adduser as such).
> 
> regards
> 
> --- bgplgsh.8   10 Sep 2015 15:16:44 -0000      1.11
> +++ bgplgsh.8   14 Mar 2019 21:20:21 -0000
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ See
>  .Xr adduser 8
>  for more information about system user management.
>  .Bd -literal -offset indent
> -# adduser -shell /usr/bin/bgplgsh -batch bgplg
> +# adduser -shell bgplgsh -batch bgplg
>  # passwd bgplg
>  .Ed
>  .It
> 

fixed, thanks.
jmc

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