Package: base-passwd Version: 3.5.36 Severity: important Hi! If you upgrade a system that started pre-wheezy (I'm not sure what's the latest starting release needed to reproduce), base-passwd asks the same question a large number of times -- it wants whether it can change shells of system users to /usr/sbin/nologin, asking one by one. In the example below, that's 16 times. A not very attentive user might even think the upgrade is looping forever!
Here's a diff from a system that was woody once: 2,4c2,4 < daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh < bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh < sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh --- > daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin > bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin > sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin 6,14c6,14 < games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh < man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh < lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh < mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh < news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh < uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh < proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh < www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh < backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh --- > games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin > man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin > lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin > mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin > news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin > uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin > proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin > www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin > backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin 16,19c16,19 < list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh < irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh < gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh < nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh --- > list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin > irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin > gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System > (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin > nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin 41d40 < libuuid:x:115:118::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh 46a46 > uuidd:x:115:118::/run/uuidd:/bin/false I don't recall ever dist-upgrading between releases non-interactively, nor ever messing with the shell of any system user. This problem happened so far on 2 out of 4 systems I just upgraded from wheezy to jessie (live but less important boxes). (I'm not sure what's the proper severity, as this is a relatively minor problem yet a highly visible one. Md suggested "important", please adjust if you disagree.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
