Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:38:46 +0100 (CET) From: Jacob Nielsen <jni@orange.dk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/47297: adduser problem Message-ID: <200301211438.h0LEcktt001699@fame.adsl.dk>
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>Number: 47297
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: adduser problem
>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: Tue Jan 21 06:40:12 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jacob Nielsen
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-RC3 i386
>Organization:
Orange A/S
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD fame.adsl.dk 5.0-RC3 FreeBSD 5.0-RC3 #0: Fri Jan 10 23:09:54 GMT 2003 root@cypress:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
The adduser script doesnt escape special characters.
This is when trying to use '(' and ')' in the password.
>How-To-Repeat:
Lock out the account after creation? [no]:
Username : cwg
Password : *****
Full Name : cwg
Uid : 1002
Class :
Groups : cwg
Home : /home/cwg
Shell : /bin/sh
Locked : no
OK? (yes/no): y
eval: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (cwg).
fame#
>Fix:
Maybe use perl (again) :)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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