Package: rancid
Version: 2.3.3-1
Severity: normal
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Since squeeze, user rancid has no shell:
rancid:x:111:115::/var/lib/rancid:/bin/false
but in lenny and others it has:
rancid:x:1000:1000::/var/lib/rancid:/bin/csh
therefore, you have to change some things:
"su - rancid" doesn't work, you have to use "sudo", eg:
cd /var/lib/rancid/
sudo -u rancid bin/rancid-cvs
or:
sudo -u rancid -H /var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs
Ps. If you use just "su - rancid; bin/rancid-cvs", you'll stay as root
and you'll create directories with root ownership and later rancid won't
work:-(
You have to modify crontab by the:
sudo -u rancid -H crontab -e
or use system crontab as mentioned in #505472
When you upgrade from lenny, it is different - user has shell from
previous instalation...
Please return shell to user rancid, or modify documentation - at least
README.Debian. Current state is little bit confusing.
Thanks for your effort with packaging,
Josef Masek <[email protected]>
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages rancid depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii cvs 1:1.12.13-12 Concurrent Versions System
ii debconf [de 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration
management sy
ii expect 5.44.1.15-4 A program that can automate
intera
ii iputils-pin 3:20100418-3 Tools to test the
reachability of
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library:
Shared lib
ii openssh-cli 1:5.5p1-6+squeeze1 secure shell (SSH) client,
for sec
ii passwd 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1 change and administer
password and
ii perl 5.10.1-17squeeze2 Larry Wall's Practical
Extraction
ii ssh 1:5.5p1-6+squeeze1 secure shell client and
server (me
rancid recommends no packages.
Versions of packages rancid suggests:
pn diffstat <none> (no description available)
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