Bug#333862: debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation

2005-10-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:07:04AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2.1 Severity: normal Policy 9.2.1 says: Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow. This makes, for example, the passwd package RC

Bug#333862: debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation

2005-10-15 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 08:46:57PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: The section in the policy should say Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow directly from their maintainer scripts. I'd suggest: Maintainer scripts for packages

Bug#333862: debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation

2005-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2.1 Severity: normal Policy 9.2.1 says: Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow. This makes, for example, the passwd package RC buggy since useradd modifies /etc/passwd. Also exim4 is RC buggy since

Bug#333862: debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation

2005-10-14 Thread Ben Finney
On 14-Oct-2005, Marc Haber wrote: Policy 9.2.1 says: Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow. This makes, for example, the passwd package RC buggy since useradd modifies /etc/passwd. I don't think that can be interpreted as the