Package: ecryptfs-utils
Version: 83-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hello,
ecryptfs-migrate-home currently gets the user's home directory by
grepping for the username in /etc/passwd. However, on systems where the
user is not in /etc/passwd (for example, systems using LDAP), this
fails. It would probably be better to use getent passwd (see attached
patch).
Cheers,
Michael
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (601, 'unstable'), (50, 'stable'), (9,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages ecryptfs-utils depends on:
ii gettext-base 0.18.1.1-1 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii keyutils 1.4-1 Linux Key Management Utilities
ii libc6 2.11.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libecryptfs0 83-2 ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem
ii libgpg-error0 1.6-1 library for common error values an
ii libgpgme11 1.2.0-1.2 GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
ii libkeyutils1 1.4-1 Linux Key Management Utilities (li
ii libnss3-1d 3.12.6-3 Network Security Service libraries
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ecryptfs-utils recommends no packages.
Versions of packages ecryptfs-utils suggests:
ii cryptsetup 2:1.1.3-3 configures encrypted block devices
pn opencryptoki <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
--- /usr/bin/ecryptfs-migrate-home 2010-09-01 09:39:23.000000000 +0100
+++ ecryptfs-migrate-home.patched 2010-09-17 21:16:43.813458142 +0100
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
# get user home by username
get_user_home () {
local USER_NAME="$1"
- local USER_HOME=$(grep "^$USER_NAME:" /etc/passwd | cut -d":" -f 6)
+ local USER_HOME=$(getent passwd $USER_NAME | cut -d":" -f 6)
if [ -z "$USER_HOME" ]; then
error "Cannot find the home directory of $USER_NAME."
fi
