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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+gnats@pelleg.org>
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Subject: bin/43582: passwd(1) fails on nonexistent users
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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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