shadow-4.0.18.2

When I get past grep in my current build, I'll be using 4.1.0. I'm already scheduled to do a "can it build itself" test (partly, for flex-2.5.34), but after that I can add some extra tests for 4.1.0. But, I only ever build shadow in the most basic version. What would you like ? I can add cracklib, but how to check either the interaction with it, or whatever you suspect in shadow itself ?

I see cracklib needs Python, so the extra tests won't happen until after I've got a desktop running. On current form, that suggests there is at least a week for somebody to play with 4.0.18.2, and maybe longer!

Ken,

The testcase that triggered the original bug in 4.0.18.1 was:

mkdir -p /srv/pgsql/data groupadd -g 41 postgres useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \

-u 41 postgres

Basically, it didn't like the 'postgres' argument to the '-g' switch of 'useradd' - it would only accept the group id of 41, rather than group name. I don't tend to stretch Shadow much more beyond that.

This bug is still present in 4.0.18.2. I'll give 4.1.0 a try some time next week.

root:/sources# mkdir -pv /srv/pgsql/data
mkdir: created directory `/srv/pgsql'
mkdir: created directory `/srv/pgsql/data'
root:/sources# groupadd -g 41 postgres
root:/sources# grep postgres /etc/group
postgres:x:41:
root:/sources# useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
> -u 41 postgres
useradd: unknown GID 1000
useradd: invalid numeric argument 'postgres'

Replying to matthew@linuxfromscratch.org:

This bug is still present in 4.0.18.2. I'll give 4.1.0 a try some time next week.

Looks as if 4.1.0 fixed this.

root@bluesbreaker /home/ken #mkdir -p /srv/pgsql/data
oot@bluesbreaker /home/ken #groupadd -g 41 postgres
root@bluesbreaker /home/ken #useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data/ -u 41 postgres
Group 'mail' not found. Creating the user mailbox file with 0600 mode.
root@bluesbreaker /home/ken #echo $?
0

See ticket 2144 for newer version.