Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
newgrp fails with "crypt: Invalid argument"
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
entry from /etc/passwd:
user:x:1000:1000:User,,,:/home/user:/bin/bash
entry from /etc/group:
dummy:x:200:user
entry from /etc/gshadow:
dummy:*::
logged on as user the command
"newgrp dummy" asks for a password and fails with "crypt: Invalid argument"
after removing the line for dummy from gshadow newgrp works
A similar bug was reported on the redhat tracker:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988184
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"
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