Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.18.1-5 Severity: normal
There is an issue with the position of uid option "-u". When this option is after the group option (-g), useradd fail to create the user. The following command lines show the matter: # /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -g smbusers -s /bin/false -u 15555 toto useradd : argument numérique « 15555 » incorrect # /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -g smbusers -u 15555 -s /bin/false toto useradd : argument numérique « 15555 » incorrect Whereas when the "-u" is before the "-g" option, the user is correctly created. # /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -u 15555 -g smbusers -s /bin/false toto WARNING: This bug cause an error of during user creation using adduser command of the adduser package which call useradd in its process: # adduser --quiet --home /home/toto --shell /bin/false --uid 1555 --gid 1000 --disabled-password --gecos 'titi toto' toto useradd : argument numérique « 1555 » incorrect adduser : « /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -g smbusers -s /bin/false -u 1555 toto » a renvoyé le code d'erreur 3. Abandon. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.1-munin Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam-modules 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 1.32-3 SELinux shared libraries ii login 1:4.0.18.1-5 system login tools passwd recommends no packages. -- debconf information: passwd/password-mismatch: passwd/username: passwd/password-empty: passwd/make-user: true passwd/md5: false passwd/title: passwd/user-uid: passwd/shadow: true passwd/username-bad: passwd/user-fullname: