tags 401038 unreproducible thanks Hello,
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:38:06PM +0100, Laurent Jourdren wrote: > > There is an issue with the position of uid option "-u". > When this option is after the group option (-g), useradd fail to create the > user. > > The following command lines show the matter: > > # /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -g smbusers -s /bin/false -u 15555 toto > useradd : argument numérique « 15555 » incorrect > # /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -g smbusers -u 15555 -s /bin/false toto > useradd : argument numérique « 15555 » incorrect > > Whereas when the "-u" is before the "-g" option, the user is correctly > created. > # /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/toto -u 15555 -g smbusers -s /bin/false toto Sorry for not checking earlier. I cannot reproduce the failures. Can you? I checked with the current version of passwd (4.0.18.1-7) and libc6 (2.5-1), and also tried with the ones you reported (1:4.0.18.1-5 and 2.3.6.ds1-7), on i386. Kind Regards, -- Nekral
