Bug 1922299 - throws error using /sbin/nologin: invalid option -- 'c'
Summary: throws error using /sbin/nologin: invalid option -- 'c'
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: util-linux
Version: 8.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Karel Zak
QA Contact: Vojtech Eichler
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-01-29 15:37 UTC by anuja
Modified: 2021-11-10 10:14 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: util-linux-2.32.1-28.el8
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Last Closed: 2021-11-09 20:02:21 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4490 0 None None None 2021-11-09 20:02:28 UTC

Description anuja 2021-01-29 15:37:16 UTC
Description of problem:
Error is thrown in nologin output
/sbin/nologin: invalid option -- 'c' 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-2.32.1-27.el8.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
# useradd --shell /sbin/nologin test
# sudo -u test ssh -vvv root@localhost

Actual results:
[root@client ~]# /sbin/nologin --help

Usage:
 nologin [options]

Politely refuse a login.

Options:
 -h, --help     display this help
 -V, --version  display version

For more details see nologin(8).
[root@client ~]# sudo -u ruser1 sshpass -p Secret123 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ruser1.test 'cat /etc/hosts'
/sbin/nologin: invalid option -- 'c'
Try 'nologin --help' for more information.
/sbin/nologin: invalid option -- 'c'
Try 'nologin --help' for more information.
nologin: invalid option -- 'c'
Try 'nologin --help' fo

Expected results:
No errors should be there.

Comment 1 Karel Zak 2021-02-01 14:03:11 UTC
Sounds like we need upstream commits beb61b07c20ab902fec883a4bd087c45d2742dea and a174eefb41a2ce8b467bb7e1546953c8bd1223d.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 20:02:21 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 (util-linux bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2021:4490


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