Bug 1743555

Summary: command chfn adds some useless commas with GECOS information into /etc/password
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Filip Dvorak <fdvorak>
Component: util-linuxAssignee: Karel Zak <kzak>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Radka Brychtova <rskvaril>
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Version: 8.1   
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Description Filip Dvorak 2019-08-20 08:26:59 UTC 
Description of problem:
The command chfn adds some useless commas with first GECOS information (Name) into /etc/password

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-8.1
util-linux-user-2.32.1-13.el8.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
1.useradd test
2.chfn -f test_gecos test
3.check /etc/password

Actual results:
[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-111 ~]# useradd test
[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-111 ~]# grep test /etc/passwd
test:x:1000:1000::/home/test:/bin/bash
[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-111 ~]# chfn -f test_gecos test
Changing finger information for test.

Finger information changed.
[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-111 ~]# grep test /etc/passwd
test:x:1000:1000:test_gecos,,,,:/home/test:/bin/bash

Expected results:
test:x:1000:1000:test_gecos:/home/test:/bin/bash
Comment 1 Karel Zak 2019-08-20 09:37:26 UTC 
Fixed by upstream commit https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/9210c0d225fd808da451d86055bf243a8b47a525
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 17:03:07 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1908