[Adduser-devel] Bug#352037: Re: Bug#352027: heartbeat - uninstallable in buildd context

[Steve Langasek]

reassign 352037 passwd
thanks

On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 12:56:53PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 01:46:54AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > > Automatic build of evms_2.5.4-6 on debian-31 by sbuild/s390 85
> > > [...]
> > > > Selecting previously deselected package heartbeat.
> > > > Unpacking heartbeat (from .../heartbeat_1.2.4-2_s390.deb) ...
> > > > Use of uninitialized value in printf at /usr/sbin/adduser line 329.
> > > > Password: chfn: PAM authentication failed
> > > > adduser: `/usr/bin/chfn -f Heartbeat System Account hacluster' returned error code 1.  Aborting.
> > > > dpkg: error processing /home/buildd/build/chroot-unstable/var/cache/apt/archives/heartbeat_1.2.4-2_s390.deb (--unpack):
> > > >  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

> > But this seems to be a valid use of adduser, so the bug belongs to adduser
> > for not properly quoting arguments to chfn.

> NACK, adduser uses perl's system() call with an argument list, so
> there is no shell interfering with the command line.

Ok, then passing the bug down the line to passwd.

In that case, I suspect that this is an issue related to waldi's chroots not
having /etc/shadow, which I seem to remember is the case.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon at debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/
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