Debian bug report logs - #1350 adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user Package: adduser ; Reported by: Richard Kettlewell ; Done: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de!sr1 Mon Oct 23 07:45:32 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7O84-0005zcC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 07:45 PDT Received: from irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26852 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:44:51 -0700 Received: by irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) id PAA14300; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 15:44:50 +0100 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 15:44:50 +0100 From: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) Message-Id: <199510231444.PAA14300@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com, richard@elmail.co.uk Subject: Re: Bug#1350: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root > 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. I fixed this in adduser-1.94-2. (I will upload it this evening.) Sven -- Sven Rudolph (sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de); WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Richard Kettlewell : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From sowhat.micro.umn.edu!tedhajek Mon Sep 11 12:17:35 1995 Return-Path: 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 Reply-To: Ted Hajek To: Richard Kettlewell , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1350: adduser behaves wrongly if called by non-root user 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ted Hajek : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1350 ; Package adduser . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: 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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Richard Kettlewell : New bug report received and forwarded. 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