Bug#508785: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#508785: gpasswd truncates usernames to 31 characters
Hi Nicolas, Thanks for reporting this. It is now fixed upstream. I've been looking for an upstream site/bugtracker, but I haven't found any. Did I overlook it? For Debian, I will wait for the end of the freeze and it should be available in the first upload for lenny+1. Sorry, I don't quite understand what that means for us... at the moment, we're using Debian etch. When lenny gets stable, we will upgrade our servers; will we then get the fixed gpasswd or do we have to wait until the next stable release _after_ lenny? -- Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#508785: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#508785: Bug#508785: gpasswd truncates usernames to 31 characters
Hi, On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:48:00AM +0100, martin.von.witt...@iserv.eu wrote: Thanks for reporting this. It is now fixed upstream. I've been looking for an upstream site/bugtracker, but I haven't found any. Did I overlook it? The upstream site is now: http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/ There is also a tracker: http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=411481group_id=30580func=browse The pkg-shadow-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org mailing list is used for upstream development, and your bug was forwarded there. There are no problems in submitting the bug to the Debian BTS. For Debian, I will wait for the end of the freeze and it should be available in the first upload for lenny+1. Sorry, I don't quite understand what that means for us... at the moment, we're using Debian etch. When lenny gets stable, we will upgrade our servers; will we then get the fixed gpasswd or do we have to wait until the next stable release _after_ lenny? Lenny is currently frozen and only changes fixing release critical bugs are allowed. For Etch also, only critical/security bugs can receive uploads. So, yes, if you are using a stable release, you will have to wait for the stable release _after_ lenny. In the mean time, you can probably use usermod instead. (depending on what you want to achieve, usermod -G group user can be used) Best Regards, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#508785: gpasswd truncates usernames to 31 characters
Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.18.1-7 Severity: normal useradd allows for user names up to 32 characters, but gpasswd -M truncates user names that are 32 characters long to 31 characters. Here's a script to reproduce: #!/bin/sh # create user and group # username length: 4*8 = 32 characters groupadd testgroup useradd useruseruseruseruseruseruseruser # this will print: 'gpasswd: unknown user useruseruseruseruseruseruseruse' gpasswd -M useruseruseruseruseruseruseruser testgroup # clean up groupdel testgroup userdel useruseruseruseruseruseruseruser -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii debianutils2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam-modules 0.79-5Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.79-5Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux11.32-3SELinux shared libraries ii login 1:4.0.18.1-7 system login tools passwd recommends no packages. -- debconf information: passwd/password-mismatch: passwd/username: passwd/password-empty: * passwd/make-user: false passwd/md5: false passwd/title: passwd/user-uid: * passwd/shadow: true passwd/username-bad: passwd/user-fullname: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#508785: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#508785: gpasswd truncates usernames to 31 characters
found 508785 1:4.1.1-6 tags 508785 upstream tags 508785 fixed-upstream thanks On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:44:07PM +0100, martin.von.witt...@iserv.eu wrote: useradd allows for user names up to 32 characters, but gpasswd -M truncates user names that are 32 characters long to 31 characters. Thanks for reporting this. It is now fixed upstream. For Debian, I will wait for the end of the freeze and it should be available in the first upload for lenny+1. Best Regards, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
