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and subject line Re: Bug#484596: passwd: usermod fussy about options in an
undocumented manner
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Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.18.1-7
Severity: normal
It appears that usermod requires certain options to be present in order for
certain
other options not to cause errors, and that they be present in a certain order.
I've noticed that "-o" causes errors if it appears either without or before
"-u",
for example.
a) this is crazy (and breaks other apps which assume that it will behave
sensibly)
b) this is undocumented
Puppet, for example, assumes sensible behaviour and breaks as a result. This is
obviously a bug in puppet as well, but does not excuse usermod. "Quirks" such as
this should at least be documented, if not removed.
Cheers,
Nick
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-powerpc64
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libpam-modules 0.79-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam0g 0.79-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 1.32-3 SELinux shared libraries
ii login 1:4.0.18.1-7 system login tools
passwd recommends no packages.
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Version: 1:4.1.0-1
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 05:09:27PM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> It appears that usermod requires certain options to be present in order for
> certain
> other options not to cause errors, and that they be present in a certain
> order.
>
> I've noticed that "-o" causes errors if it appears either without or before
> "-u",
> for example.
>
> a) this is crazy (and breaks other apps which assume that it will behave
> sensibly)
It's no crazy. It's just a bug.
> b) this is undocumented
I did not change the documentation. I find the description of -o quite
clear.
-o, --non-unique
When used with the -u option, this option allows to
change the user ID to a non-unique value.
In 1:4.1.0-1, usermod does not depend on the order of options anymore.
Best Regards,
--
Nekral
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