bug in adduser?

Eric Spakman E.Spakman at inter.nl.net
Sun Jul 16 07:15:43 PDT 2006


Hi Tito,
>>
>> I'm in the process of upgrading from busybox-1.0 to 1.2 and noticed a
>> difference in the adduser applet. Previous adduser also updated
>> /etc/group, but now this file isn't touched anymore.
>> By looking at the adduser source, updating the group file should be
>> supported:
>> cmd = bb_xasprintf("addgroup -g %d \"%s\"", p->pw_gid, p->pw_name);
>>
>> Anyone a clue?
>>
> Yes,
> try this patch that should fix it and please apply it if it works for you.
>
Thanks, that works for me. I don't have SVN access so can't apply, I hope
Rob will. It's also a candidate for busybox-1.2.1

>
> Ciao,
> Tito
>
Regards,
Eric



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