tags #330192 unreproducible thanks On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 01:19:07PM -0400, D. Goel wrote: > I copied my gnome conf to /etc/skel. (is this stupid of me?) > > /etc/skel/.gnome had filenames with ' in their names. > > adduser (sarge) then failed to work, complaining: Unmatched '. > > (When I removed those files, this problem went away.) > (The adduser in woody used to work fine with the same files, iirc.).
I cannot reproduce this: $ ls -al /etc/skel/ total 20K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./ drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 567 Dec 19 2004 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Dec 19 2004 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo'bar [4/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ sudo adduser test Adding user test'... Adding new group test' (1002). Adding new user test' (1002) with group test'. Creating home directory /home/test'. Copying files from /etc/skel' Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for test Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: bla Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [y/N] y [5/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/ .bash_profile .bashrc foo'bar [5/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ ls -al /home/test/ total 20K drwxr-xr-x 2 test test 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Oct 8 14:20 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 567 Oct 8 14:20 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 1.8K Oct 8 14:20 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 test test 7 Oct 8 14:20 foo'bar [6/[EMAIL PROTECTED] sarge]:~$ Please give advice how to reproduce that bug. Grüße Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]