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--- Begin Message ---tags 385085 upstream thanks This bug, reported in Debian BTS, should have been officially forwarded upstream. Hence doing so, by sending to Tomasz AND the devel mailign list. Other vendors might then comment, or even propose patches they could have. ----- Forwarded message from Piotr Engelking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:32:46 +0200 From: Piotr Engelking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#385085: passwd: chfn doesn't allow non-US-ASCII characters in the GECOS field Reply-To: Piotr Engelking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE (4.9277) This message is 'unsure'; please train it! Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.18.1-1 Severity: normal Tags: l10n chfn doesn't allow non-US-ASCII characters in the GECOS field: # useradd testuser # chfn testuser Changing the user information for testuser Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Pół Basa Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: chfn: invalid name: 'Pół Basa' # userdel testuser # This restriction is not documented in the chfn(1) man page, nor does it appear in passwd(5). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam-modules 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries ii login 1:4.0.18.1-1 system login tools passwd recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * passwd/md5: true * passwd/shadow: true _______________________________________________ Pkg-shadow-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-shadow-devel ----- End forwarded message -----
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