tags #330192 unreproducible
thanks
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 01:19:07PM -0400, D. Goel wrote:
> I copied my gnome conf to /etc/skel. (is this stupid of me?)
>
> /etc/skel/.gnome had filenames with ' in their names.
>
> adduser (sarge) then failed to work, complaining: Unmatched '.
>
> (When I removed those files, this problem went away.)
> (The adduser in woody used to work fine with the same files, iirc.).
I cannot reproduce this:
$ ls -al /etc/skel/
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./
drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 567 Dec 19 2004 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Dec 19 2004 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo'bar
[4/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ sudo adduser test
Adding user test'...
Adding new group test' (1002).
Adding new user test' (1002) with group test'.
Creating home directory /home/test'.
Copying files from /etc/skel'
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for test
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
[5/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/
.bash_profile .bashrc foo'bar
[5/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x 2 test test 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 test test 567 Oct 8 14:20 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 test test 1.8K Oct 8 14:20 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 test test 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo'bar
[6/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$
Please give advice how to reproduce that bug.
Grüße
Marc
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header
Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834
Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
