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Bug 7476

Summary:	usermod with -p option creates an entry in /etc/passwd
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide	Reporter:	jaume.llarden
Component:	shadow-utils	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
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Description jaume.llarden 1999-12-01 11:49:08 UTC

I've noticed that when using shadow passwords, the
command 'usermod -p <encrypted password> user' updates the
entry in /etc/shadow, but also creates an entry in
/etc/passwd! I've tested it with the RPM that came with RedHat 6.0
and with latest RPM available (shadow-utils-19990827-2.i386.rpm)
and in two different machines.

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 1999-12-01 12:15:59 UTC

Happens here too... Working on it.

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-08-08 15:42:00 UTC

Fixed.