Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:32:58 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 256554] /usr/bin/id -c returns current users's login class, not specified user's Message-ID: <bug-256554-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=256554 Bug ID: 256554 Summary: /usr/bin/id -c returns current users's login class, not specified user's Product: Base System Version: 13.0-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: asomers@FreeBSD.org It's tempting to run "id -c somebody" to get somebody's login class. Such an invocation seems to work. But it actually returns the login class of the current user, not "somebody". The man page and git history suggests that this is the intended behavior. However, I believe it is a bug to accept and ignore a user argument. Instead, id should return an error if a user is specified along with "-c". Steps to reproduce: # Create a user with a non-default login class > sudo pw useradd testy -L russian # Try to lookup his login class. It's wrong! > id -c testy default # su to testy and lookup his current login class. It's right. > sudo su -m testy % id -c russian -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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