Marc Haber
2005-Feb-07 18:02 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#131654: --force-badname unsupported by groupadd
reassign #131654 passwd thanks On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 12:45:04PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:> The bug hasn''t been touched in six weeks. > > I would like the maintainer of passwd to look into this and to say > whether this bug is one in passwd. Frankly, I don''t see what adduser > could do to fix this.The passwd maintainer didn''t react. So I''ll say this is not an adduser issue, and am reassigning to passwd. Please close if you find appropriate, or reassign back to adduser with advice what adduser could do. Greetings Marc -- Marc.Haber@syscovery.com syscovery network services GmbH Dipl.-Inform. Weinheimer Straße 68 Geschäftsführer D-68309 Mannheim Tel: +49 [0] 621 71768 57 http://www.syscovery.com/
Debian Bug Tracking System
2005-Feb-07 18:18 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Processed: Re: --force-badname unsupported by groupadd
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Christian Perrier
2005-Feb-08 06:06 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Re: Processed: Re: --force-badname unsupported by groupadd
Quoting Debian Bug Tracking System (owner@bugs.debian.org):> Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org: >=20 > > reassign #131654 passwd > Bug#131654: --force-badname unsupported by groupadd > Bug reassigned from package `adduser'' to `passwd''.This bug was finally and logically reassigned to the passwd package as "groupadd" belong to it (while addgroup belongs to the adduser package). It seems, from the bug log, that Marc Haber repeatedly asked the passwd package maintainer to give an answer about it, unsuccessfully. Neither groupadd nor useradd support the --force-badname option, so I''m wondering about simply closing this bug report. What prevents me to do so is that the bug submitter mentioned this behaviour while using the adduser utility. So "adduser --group" then calls groupadd and not addgroup. *that* sound strange to me.... PS to Marc and adduser maintainers=A0: for post-sarge, we should probably talk together (I''m in the process of taking over shadow, the source package for passwd and login, which include useradd and groupadd). Having both a "useradd" and a "adduser" utility in Debian seems very confusing to our users. Even me is usually forced to remember which is which. We should probably consider some day declaring useradd and groupadd obsoleted by adduser and addgroup which have far more features.
Marc Haber
2005-Feb-08 07:23 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Re: Processed: Re: --force-badname unsupported by groupadd
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 07:06:18AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:> So "adduser --group" then calls groupadd and not addgroup. *that* sound > strange to me....lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 5 13:38 /usr/sbin/addgroup -> adduser* If adduser --group would call addgroup, it would re-invoke itself.> PS to Marc and adduser maintainers : for post-sarge, we should > probably talk together (I''m in the process of taking over shadow, the > source package for passwd and login, which include useradd and > groupadd). Having both a "useradd" and a "adduser" utility in Debian > seems very confusing to our users. Even me is usually forced to > remember which is which. > > We should probably consider some day declaring useradd and groupadd > obsoleted by adduser and addgroup which have far more features.useradd is the standard way that is available on most UNIX systems. additionally, adduser uses useradd to do the actuall adding of the new account. adduser, otoh, is a Debianism. To use other words: adduser is the front-end, useradd is the back-end. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835
Christian Perrier
2005-Feb-08 16:13 UTC
Bug#131654: [Adduser-devel] Re: Processed: Re: --force-badname unsupported by groupadd
> > We should probably consider some day declaring useradd and groupadd > > obsoleted by adduser and addgroup which have far more features. > > useradd is the standard way that is available on most UNIX systems. > additionally, adduser uses useradd to do the actuall adding of the new > account. > > adduser, otoh, is a Debianism. > > To use other words: adduser is the front-end, useradd is the back-end.OK, fine. I was completely missing that point. My remarks are thus irrelevant, of course. So, now, my problem is that I absolutely don''t see where is the bug indeed: adduser --group --force-badname nameservercontroller Adding group `nameservercontroller'' (1006)... Fait. In other words, groupadd is OK with the mentioned group name. This was probably corrected during the upstream switch from 20000902 to 4.0.3 which occurred on Sep 18 2002. Hence closing the bug report.