Bug 251081

Summary: Corruption of passwd
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: ray hammond <ray.hammond77>
Component: system-config-usersAssignee: Nils Philippsen <nphilipp>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: 1.2.64-1.fc7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description ray hammond 2007-08-06 23:08:48 UTC 
Description of problem:
Colon character permitted

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.2.60

How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the system-config-users utility from the Gnome menu
2. Select add new user button
3. Enter the user name as TEST
4. Enter a password of 123456 in both fields
5. Enter a colon as the first character in the path field and press OK
 
Actual results:
The user creates; but, the passwd file is messed up.

Expected results:
The colon character should be rejected.  Other fields i.e. the User name stop 
the colon character. 


Additional info:

I think the colon character is only accepted when input as the first character 
of the home directory or the shell path.  Now that passwd is corrupt the system-
config-user utility no longer loads.  The detail above may not be 100% accurate 
as I am locked out, due to passwd being corrupt.  I have tried to remeber the 
steps from memory.  When I am backup I will double check and repeat the test.
Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2007-08-07 13:05:24 UTC 
fixed in upstream Hg repository
Comment 2 Nils Philippsen 2007-08-07 13:11:54 UTC 
BTW: username stops a colon as the first character only due to another different
check.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2007-08-17 16:12:35 UTC 
system-config-users-1.2.64-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2007-09-18 03:20:17 UTC 
system-config-users-1.2.64-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.