On F-11: $> rpm -q shadow-utils shadow-utils-4.1.2-13.fc11.i586 $> groupadd -r foo $> getent group foo foo:x:482: with rawhide or F-11 updates-testing: $> rpm -q shadow-utils shadow-utils-4.1.4.1-5.fc12.x86_64 $> groupadd -r foo $> getent group foo foo:x:106: This is a serious problem because by allocating upwards, we're allocating in the 100-200 range which is now used by system accounts like qemu(107). See also bug #515667 The "allocate upwards" behaviour is long-standing, but it seems a recent shadow-utils re-base has broken it
shadow-utils-4.1.4.1-5.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/shadow-utils-4.1.4.1-5.fc11
Removing from F12VirtBlocker; using bug #515779 for F-12 tracking
Fixed in rawhide, f12-alpha tag request here: https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2053
shadow-utils-4.1.4.1-5.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.