Bug 57982

Summary:	vipw does not process after exiting passwd
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Ton Kersten <ton.kersten>
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Ton Kersten 2002-01-04 12:31:30 UTC

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Description of problem:
When using 'vipw' to edit the password file (/etc/passwd) the man page
states that vipw should do the necessary processing after the password file
is unlocked.

However, when I do a vipw and add a user, after exiting this user 
isn't known in the /etc/shadow file and therefor setting a passwd isn't
working and the user won't be able to login.

Using useradd works.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
vipw 1.4 from util-linux-2.11f-9

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use vipw to edit the passwd file
2.Add a user
3.Check the /etc/shadow file. The new user isn't there
	

Actual Results:  User is defined in the passwd file, but not in the other
files, resulting in a non working userid.

Expected Results:  The user should be defined in /etc/shadow, /etc/groups
(if needed)
I should end up with a normal working userid
No /home/<userid>, /home/<userid>/<skeleton files> is fine, but not in the
shadow file is not very handy.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2002-01-04 21:48:25 UTC

vipw is supposed to let you edit /etc/shadow as well as /etc/passwd, but nothing
more. Does it not even do the edit?

Comment 2 Ton Kersten 2002-01-07 08:04:30 UTC

Yes it does. I can do the edit, but normally (as under Solaris and FreeBSD)
after editing the /etc/passwd file the new user is automatically added to the
shadow file. This is what the man-page says that it should do, but it doesn't
under RH7.2.

Comment 3 Ben Levenson 2002-01-07 20:41:56 UTC

upgrade to the errata RPM -- util-linux-2.11f-17
running vipw w/ this RPM should prompt you to edit /etc/shadow.
if necessary, vigr can then be run to edit /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.

Comment 4 Elliot Lee 2002-01-07 20:50:44 UTC

The reporter is already aware of that ability - he is saying that he thinks the
/etc/shadow entry should be automatically entered. I think the reason for this
is because Solaris does it and he assumes that "necessary processing" should
include adding /etc/shadow entries.

I disagree (because I can conceive of a case where I would not want the
/etc/shadow entry to be added, and because useradd is the appropriate tool to
use if you want automatic processing type of stuff), so am marking it WONTFIX.