Bug#407497: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#407497: passwd: chsh, chfn prompt root for the password (breaking .postinst scripts)

2007-01-19 Thread Christian Perrier
tags 407497 unreproducible thanks Quoting Jan Braun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.18.1-6 Severity: normal Hi, I had upgrades of logcheck and sash fail because they use chfn and chsh (respectively) in their postinst script, and these ask for a password even when

Bug#407497: passwd: chsh,chfn prompt root for the password (breaking .postinst scripts)

2007-01-18 Thread Jan Braun
Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.18.1-6 Severity: normal Hi, I had upgrades of logcheck and sash fail because they use chfn and chsh (respectively) in their postinst script, and these ask for a password even when invoked by root. This causes a hang since the postinst script doesn't seem to be in