Bug 157795 - useradd hangs when adding user if duplicate groups present
Summary: useradd hangs when adding user if duplicate groups present
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: shadow-utils
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Peter Vrabec
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-05-15 20:39 UTC by P Fudd
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-05-16 11:08:31 UTC
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Description P Fudd 2005-05-15 20:39:12 UTC 
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Description of problem:
useradd goes into an infinite loop if you try to add someone to a supplemental group that appears twice in the group file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
shadow-utils-4.0.3-37

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo dupgroup:x:505: >> /etc/group
2. echo dupgroup:x:506: >> /etc/group
3. /usr/bin/seuseradd -G dupgroup someuser
 

Actual Results:  Stuck in infinite loop, syslog messages being generated rapidly.

Expected Results:  Either quit with error message or add to the first group.

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This bug report is the product of a painful elimination process.
Comment 1 Peter Vrabec 2005-05-16 11:08:31 UTC 
it's already fixed in devel
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