Stephen Gran
2007-Apr-02 09:34 UTC
Bug#417291: adduser: infinite loop in passwd and chfn calls on loss of controlling tty
Package: adduser Version: 3.102 Severity: normal This has been reproduced and confirmed - to reproduce, run adduser foo at the prompt for password, close the terminal. watch syslog. Same for the gecos update. It''s not too invasive of a fix, but I wanted to document it here until I have time to do it. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, ''unstable'') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.utf8) Versions of packages adduser depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii passwd 1:4.0.18.1-7 change and administer password and ii perl-base 5.8.8-7 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis adduser recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * adduser/homedir-permission: true -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''''`. Stephen Gran | | : :'' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `'' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Bug Tracking System
2008-Jun-06 02:39 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#417291: marked as done (adduser: infinite loop in passwd and chfn calls on loss of controlling tty)
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