This is now fixed upstream: https://github.com/shadow- maint/shadow/pull/119 - so the next shadow release should have it. This makes me also wonder if we should simply cherry pick it for disco.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984390 Title: $PATH is taken from login.defs not /etc/environment Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in shadow source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: $PATH isn't sourced from /etc/environment, instead the version in /etc/login.defs is used. (The example below comes from a precise install.) | james@panlong:~$ echo $PATH | /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games | james@panlong:~$ sudo su - buildd | buildd@panlong:~$ echo $PATH | /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games | buildd@panlong:~$ cat /etc/environment | PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" | buildd@panlong:~$ grep PATH /etc/login.defs | # Three items must be defined: MAIL_DIR, ENV_SUPATH, and ENV_PATH. | # *REQUIRED* The default PATH settings, for superuser and normal users. | ENV_SUPATH PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin | ENV_PATH PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games | #CRACKLIB_DICTPATH | buildd@panlong:~$ sudo sed -i -e "s#^ENV_PATH.*#ENV_PATH PATH=/wtf:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games#" /etc/login.defs | buildd@panlong:~$ logout | james@panlong:~$ sudo su - buildd | buildd@panlong:~$ echo $PATH | /wtf:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games | buildd@panlong:~$ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/984390/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
