[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#556179: mailman.preinst creates user 'list' with non-existent home directory /var/list
Hauke Lampe
packbart at frell.ambush.de
Sat Nov 14 01:15:11 UTC 2009
Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.11-11
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
If the list user is not supposed to have a real home directory, it's passwd
entry should say so. Otherwise its $HOME should probably be /var/lib/mailman
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii apache2 2.2.9-10+lenny4 Apache HTTP Server metapackage
ii apache2-mpm-worker [http 2.2.9-10+lenny4 Apache HTTP Server - high speed th
ii cron 3.0pl1-105 management of regular background p
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii exim4 4.69-9 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-custom [mai 4.69-9 custom Exim MTA (v4) daemon with l
ii libc6 2.7-19~dnssec1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii logrotate 3.7.1-5 Log rotation utility
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii pwgen 2.06-1 Automatic Password generation
ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-support 0.8.4lenny1 automated rebuilding support for P
ii ucf 3.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv
mailman recommends no packages.
Versions of packages mailman suggests:
pn listadmin <none> (no description available)
ii lynx 2.8.7dev9-2.1 Text-mode WWW Browser (transitiona
ii spamassassin 3.2.5-2+lenny1 Perl-based spam filter using text
-- debconf information excluded
-------------- next part --------------
--- mailman.preinst.old
+++ mailman.preinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
addgroup --system list
fi
if ! id -u list > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
- adduser --system --home /var/list --ingroup list list
+ adduser --system --home /var/lib/mailman --ingroup list list
chsh -s /bin/sh list
fi
fi
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