Your message dated Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:04:47 +0100
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and subject line Re: [Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#556179: mailman.preinst creates
user 'list' with non-existent home directory /var/list
has caused the Debian Bug report #556179,
regarding mailman.preinst creates user 'list' with non-existent home directory
/var/list
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Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.11-11
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
If the list user is not supposed to have a real home directory, it's passwd
entry should say so. Otherwise its $HOME should probably be /var/lib/mailman
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii apache2 2.2.9-10+lenny4 Apache HTTP Server metapackage
ii apache2-mpm-worker [http 2.2.9-10+lenny4 Apache HTTP Server - high speed th
ii cron 3.0pl1-105 management of regular background p
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii exim4 4.69-9 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-custom [mai 4.69-9 custom Exim MTA (v4) daemon with l
ii libc6 2.7-19~dnssec1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii logrotate 3.7.1-5 Log rotation utility
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii pwgen 2.06-1 Automatic Password generation
ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-support 0.8.4lenny1 automated rebuilding support for P
ii ucf 3.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv
mailman recommends no packages.
Versions of packages mailman suggests:
pn listadmin <none> (no description available)
ii lynx 2.8.7dev9-2.1 Text-mode WWW Browser (transitiona
ii spamassassin 3.2.5-2+lenny1 Perl-based spam filter using text
-- debconf information excluded
--- mailman.preinst.old
+++ mailman.preinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
addgroup --system list
fi
if ! id -u list > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
- adduser --system --home /var/list --ingroup list list
+ adduser --system --home /var/lib/mailman --ingroup list list
chsh -s /bin/sh list
fi
fi
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--- Begin Message ---
On sneon 14 Novimber 2009, Hauke Lampe wrote:
> If the list user is not supposed to have a real home directory, it's passwd
> entry should say so. Otherwise its $HOME should probably be
> /var/lib/mailman
Thank you for your patch. However, I don't think it's correct. Thing is that
the 'list' user is defined and provided by the base-passwd package. Mailman
trying to add it itself is not only unnecessary but may also lead to
inconsistencies: base-passwd entries have guaranteed UID's and other
properties, and if it were missing and mailman created it with another UID,
this could lead to subtle problems.
I've therefore removed the adduser code from preinst altogether.
cheers,
Thijs
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