Bug#374981: [Adduser-devel] Bug#374981: Use of uninitialized value in
symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695
Stephen Gran
sgran at debian.org
Thu Jun 22 14:36:07 UTC 2006
This one time, at band camp, Eric Van Buggenhaut said:
> When trying to add a user to the system I get these errors:
>
> kaplan:~# adduser pepe
> Adding user `pepe'...
> Adding new group `pepe' (1004).
> Adding new user `pepe' (1004) with group `pepe'.
> Creating home directory `/home/pepe'.
> Copying files from `/etc/skel'
> Use of uninitialized value in symlink at /usr/sbin/adduser line 695,
> <FIND> line 167.
> symlink: No such file or directory
You have a 'dead' symlink (i.e., a symlink pointing to a non-existant
file) in /etc/skel. Remove it, and it should work.
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