Nick Schmalenberger
2008-Mar-30 03:58 UTC
Bug#473356: adduser: deluser says it is deleting root account but doesn''t
Package: adduser Version: 3.106 Severity: normal Hi, When I do deluser it claims I am about to delete the root account and I should press Ctrl-C but if I wait then it doesn''t do it. asdf:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/asdf:/bin/bash judith:~# deluser asdf 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 Ok, you really want it, I''ll delete that account Removing user `asdf'' ... Warning: group `asdf'' has no more members. Done. judith:~# cat /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync This is also mentioned in bug 471552. Also, there really isn''t much time to press Ctrl-C here, 5 or 10 seconds might be better. Thanks! -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, ''testing''), (500, ''unstable''), (1, ''experimental'') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages adduser depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.20 Debian configuration management sy ii passwd 1:4.1.0-2 change and administer password and ii perl-base 5.8.8-12 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis adduser recommends no packages. -- debconf information: adduser/homedir-permission: true
Debian Bug Tracking System
2008-May-06 19:33 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#473356: marked as done (adduser: deluser says it is deleting root account but doesn''t)
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