Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:26:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+gnats@pelleg.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/43582: passwd(1) fails on nonexistent users Message-ID: <200210021426.g92EQo5q033784@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 43582
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: passwd(1) fails on nonexistent users
>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 Oct 02 07:30:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dan Pelleg
>Release: 4.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD l 4.6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 4.6.1-RELEASE-p10 #2: Tue Aug 6 11:24:27 EDT 2002 i386
>Description:
when passwd(1) is called with an argument that's not a valid user, it seg faults.
>How-To-Repeat:
passwd -u root
note: -u is not a valid flag in the manpage. It is mentioned in the usage line back from "passwd -u". In any case, root is not a "full name".
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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