Control: tag -1 confirmed On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 07:45:24AM +0200, Boris Kolpackov wrote: > I get the following error when first adding a group and then trying > to add a user with this group: > > # addgroup --gid 2000 build > # adduser --uid 2000 --gid 2000 --home /build --gecos "" --disabled-password > build > Adding user `build' ... > Use of uninitialized value $grname in printf at /usr/sbin/adduser line 625. > Adding new user `build' (2000) with group ` (-1)' ... > useradd: group '-1' does not exist > adduser: `/sbin/useradd -d /build -g -1 -s /bin/bash -u 2000 build' returned > error code 6. Exiting.
I confirm this behavior as a bug in adduser 3.128 itself. > This is using Debian testing (bookworm) and I see > that the adduser package hasn't changed since stable (bullseye) Debian stable (bullseye) has adduser 3.118. The current version in testing is 3.128, which has migrated from unstable to testing on 2022-08-27. So it is not a big surprise that this behavior is new for you. Sadly, the only workaround currently available is to use --ingroup. When this bug report gets marked as closed by upload of a fixed version, there will be an additional delay before the fix becomes available in testing. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
