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Package: adduser
Version: 3.63
Severity: important
When trying to add a user to the system I get these errors:
kaplan:~# adduser pepe
Adding user `pepe'...
Adding new group `pepe' (1004).
Adding new user `pepe' (1004) with group `pepe'.
Creating home directory `/home/pepe'.
Copying files from `/etc/skel'
Use of uninitialized value in symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695,
<FIND> line 167.
symlink: No such file or directory
Cleaning up.
Removing directory `/home/pepe'
rm: cannot remove `/home/pepe': Permission denied
Removing user `pepe'.
userdel: unable to lock password file
Removing group `pepe'.
groupdel: cannot remove user's primary group.
kaplan:~#
Note that /home/pepe is created though, but lacks files:
kaplan:~# ls -la /home/pepe/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 pepe pepe 4096 Jun 22 14:42 .
drwxrwsr-x 9 root staff 4096 Jun 22 14:42 ..
drwx------ 3 pepe pepe 4096 Jun 22 14:42 .kde
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-k7
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration
management sy
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer
password and
ii perl-base 5.8.8-4 The Pathologically Eclectic
Rubbis
adduser recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
adduser/homedir-permission: true
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Use of uninitialized value in symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:46:56 +0200
Package: adduser
Version: 3.63
Severity: important
When trying to add a user to the system I get these errors:
kaplan:~# adduser pepe
Adding user `pepe'...
Adding new group `pepe' (1004).
Adding new user `pepe' (1004) with group `pepe'.
Creating home directory `/home/pepe'.
Copying files from `/etc/skel'
Use of uninitialized value in symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695,
<FIND> line 167.
symlink: No such file or directory
Cleaning up.
Removing directory `/home/pepe'
rm: cannot remove `/home/pepe': Permission denied
Removing user `pepe'.
userdel: unable to lock password file
Removing group `pepe'.
groupdel: cannot remove user's primary group.
kaplan:~#
Note that /home/pepe is created though, but lacks files:
kaplan:~# ls -la /home/pepe/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 pepe pepe 4096 Jun 22 14:42 .
drwxrwsr-x 9 root staff 4096 Jun 22 14:42 ..
drwx------ 3 pepe pepe 4096 Jun 22 14:42 .kde
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-k7
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and
ii perl-base 5.8.8-4 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
adduser recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
adduser/homedir-permission: true
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 3.92
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 02:57:08PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> When trying to add a user to the system I get these errors:
This does not happen in current sid:
[13/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sid-adduser]:~/adduser/trunk$ sudo ln -s /foo/bar
/etc/skel
[14/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sid-adduser]:~/adduser/trunk$ sudo adduser blubb
Adding user blubb'...
Adding new group blubb' (1014).
Adding new user blubb' (1010) with group blubb'.
useradd wrapper
Creating home directory /home/blubb'.
Copying files from /etc/skel'
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for blubb
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: bla
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [y/N] y
[15/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sid-adduser]:~/adduser/trunk$ ls -al /etc/skel/
total 24K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jul 16 21:51 ./
drwxr-xr-x 46 root root 4.0K Jul 16 21:51 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220 Mar 4 01:02 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 414 Jan 12 2005 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.2K Mar 4 01:02 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 26 10:17 .gnome/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 16 21:51 bar -> /foo/bar
[16/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sid-adduser]:~/adduser/trunk$ ls -al /home/blubb/
total 24K
drwxr-xr-x 3 blubb blubb 4.0K Jul 16 21:51 ./
drwxr-xr-x 106 root root 4.0K Jul 16 21:51 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 blubb blubb 220 Jul 16 21:51 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 blubb blubb 414 Jul 16 21:51 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 blubb blubb 2.2K Jul 16 21:51 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 blubb blubb 4.0K Jul 16 21:51 .gnome/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 blubb blubb 8 Jul 16 21:51 bar -> /foo/bar
[17/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sid-adduser]:~/adduser/trunk$
Greetings
Marc
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