Public bug reported:
useradd is not honoring the default shell listed in
/etc/defaults/useradd when creating new users.
useradd -D showing the defaults. SHELL=/bin/bash
# useradd -D
GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SKEL=/etc/skel
CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no
Using useradd to create user test1. The /etc/passwd entry has a blank
shell field:
# useradd test1
# grep test1 /etc/passwd
test1:x:2080:2080::/home/test1:
Using useradd -s does populate the shell field:
# useradd -s /bin/bash test2
#grep test2 /etc/passwd
test2:x:2081:2081::/home/test2:/bin/bash
Why useradd instead of adduser: puppet uses useradd to do user creation.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: passwd 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 21 17:51:57 2014
Ec2AMI: ami-42dc302a
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1d
Ec2InstanceType: m3.large
Ec2Kernel: aki-919dcaf8
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: shadow
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.default.useradd: 2014-05-21T17:36:05.208686
** Affects: shadow (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ec2-images passwd trusty
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useradd doesn't add the default shell to /etc/passwd entry
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