Bug 717122 - Use /etc/login.defs to define a 'system' account instead of hard-coding 500 (s-c-users)
Summary: Use /etc/login.defs to define a 'system' account instead of hard-coding 500 (...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-users
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Nils Philippsen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1kAccounts
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Reported: 2011-06-28 04:37 UTC by Miloslav Trmač
Modified: 2011-10-06 00:00 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: system-config-users-1.2.110-1.fc16
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-09-09 17:10:57 UTC
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Description Miloslav Trmač 2011-06-28 04:37:34 UTC
Various code in system-config-users assumes that non-system user and group IDs start at a hard-coded value 500.  Please use [UG]ID_MIN from /etc/login.defs for this; we plan to change the boundary.

See attachment 510191 [details] for the proper way to parse /etc/login.defs.

Please let me know if you want me to prepare a complete patch.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-users-1.2.107-2.fc15

Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2011-06-28 08:58:38 UTC
What values should s-c-users assume if these keys are absent from /etc/login.defs? 500 or 1000?

Comment 2 Miloslav Trmač 2011-06-28 17:02:42 UTC
1000 would be probably better, that's the value shadow-utils (the "owner" of /etc/login.defs) uses.  It doesn't really matter much AFAICS.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-08-13 13:08:40 UTC
system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-08-13 13:09:07 UTC
system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc15

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-08-13 13:09:24 UTC
system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc14

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2011-08-15 20:26:09 UTC
Package system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-users-1.2.108-1.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2011-09-07 00:13:37 UTC
system-config-users-1.2.110-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2011-09-09 17:10:52 UTC
system-config-users-1.2.110-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2011-10-06 00:00:12 UTC
system-config-users-1.2.110-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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