Package: adduser Version: 3.77 Severity: important The latest version of adduser (and deluser) says is fails to parse adduser.conf, one error per uncommented line. Rolling back to the previous version fixes it. Screen shot: [ david@server1 ] $ sudo adduser crap adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':29. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':30. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':34. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':35. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':45. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':62. Adding user `crap''... <snip> [ david@server1 ] $ sudo dpkg -i ~/adduser_3.77_all.deb dpkg - warning: downgrading adduser from 3.78 to 3.77. (Reading database ... 39676 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace adduser 3.78 (using .../david/adduser_3.77_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement adduser ... Setting up adduser (3.77) ... [ david@server1 ] $ sudo deluser crap Removing user `crap''... done. [ david@server1 ] $ sudo adduser crap Adding user `crap''... I also noticed that some lines in adduser.conf were duplicated (FIRST_UID, LAST_UID, FIRST_SYSTEM_UID, and LAST_SYSTEM_UID were all on there twice). I know I hadn''t modified the file, so the defaults may be screwed up. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, ''unstable'') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages adduser depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy ii passwd 1:4.0.13-6 change and administer password and ii perl-base 5.8.7-8 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis adduser recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * adduser/homedir-permission: true
Debian Bug Tracking System
2005-Nov-18 18:03 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#339670: marked as done (newest adduser fails to parse adduser.conf)
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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 17 Nov 2005 21:29:06 +0000>From david@gnuconsulting.com Thu Nov 17 13:29:06 2005Return-path: <david@gnuconsulting.com> Received: from [206.207.108.118] (helo=server1.gnuconsulting.com) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EcrJa-0000Xf-8m for submit@bugs.debian.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:29:06 -0800 Received: from david by server1.gnuconsulting.com with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EcrJD-0001Fv-J8; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:28:49 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Bishop <david@gnuconsulting.com> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org> X-Mailer: reportbug 3.17 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:28:43 -0700 Message-Id: <E1EcrJD-0001Fv-J8@server1.gnuconsulting.com> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: <locally generated> X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: david@gnuconsulting.com Subject: newest adduser fails to parse adduser.conf X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:12 +0100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on server1.gnuconsulting.com) Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Package: adduser Version: 3.77 Severity: important The latest version of adduser (and deluser) says is fails to parse adduser.conf, one error per uncommented line. Rolling back to the previous version fixes it. Screen shot: [ david@server1 ] $ sudo adduser crap adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':29. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':30. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':34. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':35. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':45. adduser: Couldn''t parse `/etc/adduser.conf'':62. Adding user `crap''... <snip> [ david@server1 ] $ sudo dpkg -i ~/adduser_3.77_all.deb dpkg - warning: downgrading adduser from 3.78 to 3.77. (Reading database ... 39676 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace adduser 3.78 (using .../david/adduser_3.77_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement adduser ... Setting up adduser (3.77) ... [ david@server1 ] $ sudo deluser crap Removing user `crap''... done. [ david@server1 ] $ sudo adduser crap Adding user `crap''... I also noticed that some lines in adduser.conf were duplicated (FIRST_UID, LAST_UID, FIRST_SYSTEM_UID, and LAST_SYSTEM_UID were all on there twice). I know I hadn''t modified the file, so the defaults may be screwed up. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, ''unstable'') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages adduser depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy ii passwd 1:4.0.13-6 change and administer password and ii perl-base 5.8.7-8 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis adduser recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * adduser/homedir-permission: true --------------------------------------- Received: (at 339670-close) by bugs.debian.org; 18 Nov 2005 17:51:21 +0000>From katie@ftp-master.debian.org Fri Nov 18 09:51:21 2005Return-path: <katie@ftp-master.debian.org> Received: from katie by spohr.debian.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1EdAKG-0004y1-4D; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:47:04 -0800 From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> To: 339670-close@bugs.debian.org X-Katie: $Revision: 1.56 $ Subject: Bug#339670: fixed in adduser 3.79 Message-Id: <E1EdAKG-0004y1-4D@spohr.debian.org> Sender: Archive Administrator <katie@ftp-master.debian.org> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:47:04 -0800 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-CrossAssassin-Score: 2 Source: adduser Source-Version: 3.79 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of adduser, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: adduser_3.79.dsc to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.79.dsc adduser_3.79.tar.gz to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.79.tar.gz adduser_3.79_all.deb to pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.79_all.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 339670@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> (supplier of updated adduser package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:29:46 +0000 Source: adduser Binary: adduser Architecture: source all Version: 3.79 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers <adduser-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> Description: adduser - Add and remove users and groups Closes: 339670 339686 Changes: adduser (3.79) unstable; urgency=low . * Fix shadowless systems _again_. Thanks to Matt Zimmerman. (mh) Closes: #339686 * remove double values from adduser.conf. (mh) * Allow underscores in adduser.conf variable names. Thanks to David Bishop and Edward J. Shornock. 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