Bug 8609 – useradd overwrites existing group

Bug 8609 - useradd overwrites existing group

Summary:	useradd overwrites existing group

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	shadow-utils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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Reported:	2000-01-19 11:11 EST by Jules Stuifbergen
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-01-19 11:46:02 EST
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Description Jules Stuifbergen 2000-01-19 11:11:12 EST

Example:

# grep web /etc/group
web:x:501:fred,barney,wilma,betty
# useradd web
# grep web /etc/group
web:x:501:

all files owned by group 'web' are now owned by user 'web'.

# adduser wheel

-oops!-

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-01-19 11:46:59 EST

Fixed

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