retitle 136116 [TO CLOSE 20050926] passwd: pwconv goes into infinite loop on duplicate userids thanks
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:28:00PM +0000, Paul Martin wrote: > > Run pwunconv. > > > > Edit /etc/passwd, and duplicate any line in there. (This simulates a > > mistake in a maintenance script.) > > > > Run pwconv. > > > > Notice how it runs forever, rather than throwing out an error? > > The current pwconv man page mentions: > BUGS > Errors in the password or group files (such as invalid or duplicate > entries) may cause these programs to loop forever or fail in other > strange ways. Please run pwck and grpck to correct any such errors > before converting to or from shadow passwords or groups. > > (Maybe this was added after this bug report) > > It would be nice if pwck (or grpck) were run before running > pwconv/pwunconv (or grpconv/grpunconv). > > I propose to make move pwconv to pwconv-nocheck, and make a /bin/pwconv > shell script which would call pwck and pwconv-nocheck. pwconv-nocheck > could still be used in non-interactive scripts. > I think this would complicate the whole stuff a lot for a rare situation which is actually documented in the man page. So, I actually would prefer closing this bug as documented behaviour rather than introducing some whacky scripts... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
