Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:47:23 -0700 (PDT) From: dan@freebsddiary.org To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/26674: rmuser xyz reports incorrect error message if xyz does not exist Message-ID: <200104181547.f3IFlNx24895@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 26674
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: rmuser xyz reports incorrect error message if xyz does not exist
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Apr 18 08:50:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dan Langille
>Release: 4.3-BETA
>Organization:
The FreeBSD Diary / FreshPorts
>Environment:
FreeBSD ns1.unixathome.org 4.3-BETA FreeBSD 4.3-BETA #1: Tue Mar 13 16:03:23 NZD
T 2001 root@xeon.int.nz.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DUCKY i386
>Description:
if you use rmuser to remove a user which does not exist, the message is:
/usr/sbin/rmuser: Error: I'd rather not remove a user with a uid of 0.
The message should be:
/usr/sbin/rmuser: Error: User xyz not in password database
>How-To-Repeat:
Remove a user which does not exist
# grep xyz /etc/passwd
# rmuser xyz
/usr/sbin/rmuser: Error: I'd rather not remove a user with a uid of 0.
#
>Fix:
The problem appears to be with the return value from getpwnam. Here's
some code from /usr/sbin/rmuser. mux is hunting around for more info.
($name, $password, $uid, $gid, $change, $class, $gecos, $home_dir, $shell) =
(getpwnam("$login_name"));
if ($?) {
print STDERR "${whoami}: Error: User ${login_name} not in password database\
&unlockpw;
exit 1;
}
if ($uid == 0) {
print "${whoami}: Error: I'd rather not remove a user with a uid of 0.\n";
&unlockpw;
exit 1;
}
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