Package: adduser Version: 3.63 Severity: normal I copied my gnome conf to /etc/skel. (is this stupid of me?) /etc/skel/.gnome had filenames with '' in their names. adduser (sarge) then failed to work, complaining: Unmatched ''. (When I removed those files, this problem went away.) (The adduser in woody used to work fine with the same files, iirc.). PS: Is this a security issue? -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages adduser depends on: ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and ii perl-base 5.8.4-8 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis -- debconf information: * adduser/homedir-permission: true
Marc Haber
2005-Oct-08 14:48 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#330192: '' in /etc/skel filenames causes "Unmatched ''"
tags #330192 unreproducible thanks On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 01:19:07PM -0400, D. Goel wrote:> I copied my gnome conf to /etc/skel. (is this stupid of me?) > > /etc/skel/.gnome had filenames with '' in their names. > > adduser (sarge) then failed to work, complaining: Unmatched ''. > > (When I removed those files, this problem went away.) > (The adduser in woody used to work fine with the same files, iirc.).I cannot reproduce this: $ ls -al /etc/skel/ total 20K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./ drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 567 Dec 19 2004 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Dec 19 2004 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo''bar [4/5]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ sudo adduser test Adding user test''... Adding new group test'' (1002). Adding new user test'' (1002) with group test''. Creating home directory /home/test''. Copying files from /etc/skel'' Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for test Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: bla Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [y/N] y [5/6]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/ .bash_profile .bashrc foo''bar [5/6]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/ total 20K drwxr-xr-x 2 test test 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 567 Oct 8 14:20 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 1.8K Oct 8 14:20 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo''bar [6/7]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ Please give advice how to reproduce that bug. Gr??e 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
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2005-Oct-08 14:48 UTC
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D Goel
2005-Oct-16 17:18 UTC
[Adduser-devel] Bug#330192: '' in /etc/skel filenames causes "Unmatched ''"
Hi
Here''s a reproducible way to produce a similar bug:
host:/etc/skel/.gnome# cd /etc/skel/.gnome; touch
"''>ente"
Now, make sure /home/tmpfoo does not exist, and try:
# adduser tmpfoo
I see:
Use of uninitialized value in symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695,
<FIND> line 873.
symlink: No such file or directory
But when the touched file does not exist, I do not see this problem.
This is sarge.
> tags #330192 unreproducible
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 01:19:07PM -0400, D. Goel wrote:
>> I copied my gnome conf to /etc/skel. (is this stupid of me?)
>>
>> /etc/skel/.gnome had filenames with '' in their names.
>>
>> adduser (sarge) then failed to work, complaining: Unmatched ''.
>>
>> (When I removed those files, this problem went away.)
>> (The adduser in woody used to work fine with the same files, iirc.).
>
> I cannot reproduce this:
>
> $ ls -al /etc/skel/
> total 20K
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 567 Dec 19 2004 .bash_profile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Dec 19 2004 .bashrc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo''bar
> [4/5]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ sudo adduser test
> Adding user test''...
> Adding new group test'' (1002).
> Adding new user test'' (1002) with group test''.
> Creating home directory /home/test''.
> Copying files from /etc/skel''
> Enter new UNIX password:
> Retype new UNIX password:
> passwd: password updated successfully
> Changing the user information for test
> Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
> Full Name []: bla
> Room Number []:
> Work Phone []:
> Home Phone []:
> Other []:
> Is the information correct? [y/N] y
> [5/6]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/
> .bash_profile .bashrc foo''bar
> [5/6]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/
> total 20K
> drwxr-xr-x 2 test test 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../
> -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 567 Oct 8 14:20 .bash_profile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 1.8K Oct 8 14:20 .bashrc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo''bar
> [6/7]mh@lefler[chroot sarge]:~$
>
> Please give advice how to reproduce that bug.
>
> Gr??e
> Marc
>
> --
>
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Mailadresse im Header
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72739834
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Joerg Hoh
2005-Oct-16 17:48 UTC
Bug#330192: [Adduser-devel] Bug#330192: '' in /etc/skel filenames causes "Unmatched ''"
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 01:09:23PM -0400, D Goel wrote:> Hi > > Here''s a reproducible way to produce a similar bug: > > host:/etc/skel/.gnome# cd /etc/skel/.gnome; touch "''>ente" > > Now, make sure /home/tmpfoo does not exist, and try: > > # adduser tmpfoo > > I see: > > Use of uninitialized value in symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695, <FIND> line 873. > symlink: No such file or directoryI''m just working on the latest subversion version of adduser and I cannot reproduce that behaviour. But I''ll add this testcase to the testsuite (testsuite/suite_test8.sh) J?rg -- Was denen einen ihr Watergate, ist den anderen ihr Firstgate. - Thomas Bliessner, <slrnd1hklm.g53.nospam@melix.com.mx> -------------- 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/20051016/51413c30/attachment.pgp
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2006-Apr-26 10:42 UTC
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