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--- Begin Message ---Package: passwd Version: 1:4.1.5.1-1 Severity: important Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, I have some problems with usermod. The options -a returns the help screen, while it should append to the groups the user is belongs to. All other options work fine. I don't know how long this problem exists, because I also use a different route to change group membership. Since this is the prefered way, it is important it is resolved. Usually I change groupmembership by manually changing /etc/group and /etc/gshadow and this works as expected. By the way I have tested the recommend approach on a fresh system with the same result, so this can not be the problem. I don't know where this problem is introduced, if it is upstream or in Debian's sources. I do know that it is architecture and locale independent, because besides the system I run reportbug on, I also have systems with x86 and armhf, and it does work on neither of them. Same for the locale. I have tried to install passwd from unstable (and uninstalled it now), but there was the same problem, although this is not entirely reliable because I did not upgrade the entire system. Also I have compiled it from (non Debian specific) source, which gave the same result. Sincerely, phamming -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.8 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Additional architectures: x86, armhf Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), C Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash, /bin/bash Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii debianutils 4.3.2 ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u7 ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-7.1 ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-5 ii libsemanage1 2.1.6-6 passwd recommends no packages. passwd suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Control: notfound -1 1:4.1.5.1-1 On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:38:26 -0700 Bob Proulx <[email protected]> wrote: > tags 779018 + unreproducible moreinfo > thanks > > phamming wrote: > > I have some problems with usermod. The options -a returns the help > > screen, while it should append to the groups the user is belongs > > to. All other options work fine. > > Thank you for report. However I cannot reproduce the problem. It > works fine for me. > > # id testuser > uid=1002(testuser) gid=1002(testuser) groups=1002(testuser) > # usermod -a -G testgroup testuser > # id testuser > uid=1002(testuser) gid=1002(testuser) groups=1002(testuser)1011(testgroup) > > > Unfortunately you did not include a test case showing exactly what you > did. Please when submitting a bug report always include enough > information to reproduce the problem. This includes the exact command > line you used. I suspect that you are missing this part from the manual. > > -a, --append > Add the user to the supplementary group(s). Use only with the -G > option. > > Are you using -a with -G? If not then that will produce an option > error which will emit the online option help output. > > > I don't know how long this problem exists, because I also use a > > different route to change group membership. Since this is the > > prefered way, it is important it is resolved. > > I personally recommend using "useradd" to add users to groups. The > syntax is: > > # adduser username groupname > > > I don't know where this problem is introduced, if it is upstream or > > in Debian's sources. > > Since I could not reproduce the problem I marked this as > unreproducable and moreinfo needed. If you have a test case that > reproduces the problem please tell us exactly what command line you > used. > > Thank you for helping to make Debian better. Closing the bug since we have not received the details in almost two years. Cheers, Balint
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