Bram Senders
2008-Mar-03 14:19 UTC
Bug#469165: /usr/sbin/deluser: deluser thinks I want to remove the root user
Package: adduser
Version: 3.106
Severity: important
File: /usr/sbin/deluser
Deluser gives an error and then thinks I want to remove the root user.
See the following transcript:
==bram@tofu ~> sudo deluser --remove-all-files test
Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/sbin/deluser line 228.
WARNING: You are just about to delete the root account (uid 0)
Usually this is never required as it may render the whole system unusable
Press immediately Ctrl+C if you want to abort
==
The referenced line 228 contains the following: "if ($uid == 0) {", so
I
guess $uid does not get set; this might be because the
"getpwnam($user)"
call on line 211 is only done if the "system" config parameter is set.
Cheers,
Bram Senders
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Joerg Hoh
2008-Mar-03 20:31 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#469165: /usr/sbin/deluser: deluser thinks I want to remove the root user
Hi On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 03:19:35PM +0100, Bram Senders wrote:> Package: adduser > Version: 3.106 > Severity: important > File: /usr/sbin/deluser > > Deluser gives an error and then thinks I want to remove the root user. > See the following transcript: > > ==> bram at tofu ~> sudo deluser --remove-all-files test > Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/sbin/deluser line 228. > WARNING: You are just about to delete the root account (uid 0) > Usually this is never required as it may render the whole system unusable > Press immediately Ctrl+C if you want to abort > ==> > The referenced line 228 contains the following: "if ($uid == 0) {", so I > guess $uid does not get set; this might be because the "getpwnam($user)" > call on line 211 is only done if the "system" config parameter is set.The correct variable would be "$pw_uid" which is always initialized with the data of the user to delete (see line 173); the patch will go into next release. Thanks for reporting. J?rg -- What did you do to the cat? It looks half-dead. -Schroedinger''s wife -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/adduser-devel/attachments/20080303/8cc546de/attachment.pgp
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2008-Mar-27 21:36 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#469165: marked as done (/usr/sbin/deluser: deluser thinks I want to remove the root user)
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