Debian bug report logs - #1350 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1350: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user Reply-To: Richard Kettlewell , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Richard Kettlewell Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:18:05 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: adduser X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:18:05 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:17:53 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0srwXM-000FWhC; Sun, 10 Sep 95 17:15 PDT Received: from muskogee.elmail.co.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28854 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 10 Sep 1995 17:15:29 -0700 Received: from sfere.elmail.co.uk ([193.116.29.15]) by muskogee.elmail.co.uk with smtp id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 11 Sep 95 01:16 BST Received: by sfere.elmail.co.uk id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 10 Sep 95 21:40 BST Message-Id: <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 95 21:40:24 +0100 (BST) From: Richard Kettlewell To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Package: adduser Version: 1.94 sfere:richard$ adduser --help : only root may add a user or group to the system. sfere:richard$ adduser --system --group majordomo : only root may add a user or group to the system. sfere:richard$ The error message is broken and the program should give help even if it's not running as the right user. -- Richard Kettlewell Work+home: Home only: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Richard Kettlewell Subject: Bug#1350: Acknowledgement (was: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user) In-Reply-To: <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> References: <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1350: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user Reply-To: Ted Hajek , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ted Hajek Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 19:33:04 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: adduser X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 19:33:04 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 19:18:40 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0ssEMH-000ANoC; Mon, 11 Sep 95 12:17 PDT Received: from sowhat.micro.umn.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA01462 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:17:21 -0700 Received: by sowhat.micro.umn.edu id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 11 Sep 95 14:17 CDT Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:17:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Ted Hajek To: Richard Kettlewell , debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> Message-Id: X-Url: http://sowhat.micro.umn.edu/~tedhajek/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > Package: adduser > Version: 1.94 > > sfere:richard$ adduser --help > : only root may add a user or group to the system. > sfere:richard$ adduser --system --group majordomo > : only root may add a user or group to the system. > sfere:richard$ > > The error message is broken and the program should give help even if > it's not running as the right user. You are correct. I'll fix this in the next release. Ted Hajek -=- Distributed Computing Services -=- University of Minnesota "That summer fields grew high and we had wildflower fever." - 10,000 Maniacs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ted Hajek Subject: Bug#1350: Info received (was Bug#1350: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1350" or "Re: Bug#1350" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) In-Reply-To: <199510231444.PAA14300@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> References: <199510231444.PAA14300@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> Subject: Bug#1350: marked as done (was: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user) Your message dated Mon, 23 Oct 1995 15:44:50 +0100 with message-id <199510231444.PAA14300@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> and subject line Bug#1350: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:17:53 GMT From sfere.elmail.co.uk!richard Sun Sep 10 17:15:48 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0srwXM-000FWhC; Sun, 10 Sep 95 17:15 PDT Received: from muskogee.elmail.co.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28854 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 10 Sep 1995 17:15:29 -0700 Received: from sfere.elmail.co.uk ([193.116.29.15]) by muskogee.elmail.co.uk with smtp id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 11 Sep 95 01:16 BST Received: by sfere.elmail.co.uk id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 10 Sep 95 21:40 BST Message-Id: <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 95 21:40:24 +0100 (BST) From: Richard Kettlewell To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user Package: adduser Version: 1.94 sfere:richard$ adduser --help : only root may add a user or group to the system. sfere:richard$ adduser --system --group majordomo : only root may add a user or group to the system. sfere:richard$ The error message is broken and the program should give help even if it's not running as the right user. -- Richard Kettlewell Work+home: Home only: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Richard Kettlewell Subject: Bug#1350 acknowledged by developer (was: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user) References: <199510231444.PAA14300@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <8MkQQUQF0@sfere.elmail.co.uk> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. 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