Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.18.1-7 Severity: normal useradd allows for user names up to 32 characters, but gpasswd -M truncates user names that are 32 characters long to 31 characters. Here's a script to reproduce:
#!/bin/sh # create user and group # username length: 4*8 = 32 characters groupadd testgroup useradd useruseruseruseruseruseruseruser # this will print: 'gpasswd: unknown user useruseruseruseruseruseruseruse' gpasswd -M useruseruseruseruseruseruseruser testgroup # clean up groupdel testgroup userdel useruseruseruseruseruseruseruser -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam-modules 0.79-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.79-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 1.32-3 SELinux shared libraries ii login 1:4.0.18.1-7 system login tools passwd recommends no packages. -- debconf information: passwd/password-mismatch: passwd/username: passwd/password-empty: * passwd/make-user: false passwd/md5: false passwd/title: passwd/user-uid: * passwd/shadow: true passwd/username-bad: passwd/user-fullname: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org