22920 2003-06-16 05:04 0000 impossible to create account with period in login name 2005-04-04 08:43:19 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Core system unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 anigel@gentoo.org base-system@gentoo.org jbarton@technicalworks.net sascha-gentoo-bugzilla@silbe.org zul@gentoo.org anigel@gentoo.org 2003-06-16 05:04:22 0000 I need to create accounts whose usernames contain periods (example : firstname.name). adduser firstname.name tells me : adduser: invalid user name 'firstname.name' and so does useradd. Creating an account using the '-' character works, an i can change it 'by hand' in the password file. But not easy to script, and sounds dangerous :-P As i need scripting accounts creation i can't use interactive tools such as superadduser. Note : on debian, the same problem occurs with adduser, but not with useradd !! And on Mandrake, no problem at all, the 2 commands accept periods... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. adduser firstname.name 2. useradd firstname.name Actual Results: invalid user name 'firstname.name' And the system refuses to create the account Expected Results: It should have created the account. zul@gentoo.org 2003-06-16 18:28:34 0000 Created an attachment (id=13393) Patch to allow user to create a username with a "." Patch allows users to create a username with a ".". zul@gentoo.org 2003-06-16 18:29:49 0000 Created an attachment (id=13394) Patch to add my patch to shadow-4.0.3-r6 This adds an extra two lines to the ebuild so that the shadow-4.0.3-chkname.patch to be used. zul@gentoo.org 2003-06-16 18:31:35 0000 Hi, I have verified that you cant add username with a period in it. I get a invalid username error message. This patch allows the username to have a period. I have tested with bot adduser and useradd. It worked fine when using adduser and useradd. chuck anigel@gentoo.org 2003-06-17 02:27:28 0000 OK, works for me too. But i don't know how to change the bug status to 'solved' (i read the patch, i see no reason to test anymore ;-). Will it be incorporated to next version of shadow ? I hope so ;-) Thanks again ! ivan@modulix.org 2004-07-16 09:22:23 0000 I emerge a new version today (sys-apps/shadow-4.0.4.1-r3) and the bug is still there ! phceac@yahoo.com 2004-08-11 14:29:28 0000 This looks like Bug 37402 - see discussion there. anigel@gentoo.org 2004-09-21 09:11:51 0000 Well, i am still annoyed with this problem, so i was wondering if the patch would be one day incorporated to the gentoo package ? This is really boring to have to patch every new server I install... (I now use Gentoo in a professional way, to host several hundreds of users; some of them have the same name, so using firstname.lastname as a login is usefull for me.) Thanks in advance :) vapier@gentoo.org 2004-09-21 10:51:11 0000 *** Bug 37402 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** vapier@gentoo.org 2004-09-21 10:54:57 0000 i'll make you a deal ... update the patch to fail if the _POSIX2_VERSION env var is set to a date less than some target date (i'll find the target date in a bit, it doesnt matter ...) and i'll add the patch to our shadow the only real concern i have is with coreutils' chown ... it checks the _POSIX2_VERSION env var to see if the '.' is a separator anigel@gentoo.org 2004-09-21 11:41:39 0000 My english isn't perfect, but I think I understood the problem. In fact, I didn't matter about the chown problem since I never used this syntax (always used ":" as separator). So, the problem is to check the _POSIX2_VERSION, to see if it is posterior to a date of your choice, in order to "disable" the old syntax in chown ? Yes / No ? ^^ Sorry, but I told you in the beginning : english not perfect :( . vapier@gentoo.org 2004-09-21 15:20:30 0000 ah forget about it i'll get seemant to remove the '.' compatibility of coreutils and we'll have the newer shadow DEPEND on it vapier@gentoo.org 2005-01-09 22:34:39 0000 ok, ive added '.' support to shadow-4.0.6 (no version bump) anigel@gentoo.org 2005-01-10 01:43:25 0000 Thanks a lot, I thought this bug was left back ;-) ! 13393 2003-06-16 18:28 0000 Patch to allow user to create a username with a "." shadow-4.0.3-chkname.patch text/plain ZGlmZiAtTmF1ciBzaGFkb3ctNC4wLjMub2xkL2xpYm1pc2MvY2hrbmFtZS5jIHNoYWRvdy00LjAu My9saWJtaXNjL2Noa25hbWUuYwotLS0gc2hhZG93LTQuMC4zLm9sZC9saWJtaXNjL2Noa25hbWUu YwkyMDAyLTAxLTEwIDEzOjA0OjM0LjAwMDAwMDAwMCArMDAwMAorKysgc2hhZG93LTQuMC4zL2xp Ym1pc2MvY2hrbmFtZS5jCTIwMDMtMDYtMTYgMjE6MTk6MTIuMDAwMDAwMDAwICswMDAwCkBAIC0y MiwxNSArMjIsMTUgQEAKIGdvb2RfbmFtZShjb25zdCBjaGFyICpuYW1lKQogewogCS8qCi0JICog VXNlci9ncm91cCBuYW1lcyBtdXN0IG1hdGNoIFthLXpfXVthLXowLTlfLV0qCisJICogVXNlci9n cm91cCBuYW1lcyBtdXN0IG1hdGNoIFthLXpfXVthLXowLTlfLS5dKgogCSAqLwotCWlmICghKm5h bWUgfHwgISgoKm5hbWUgPj0gJ2EnICYmICpuYW1lIDw9ICd6JykgfHwgKm5hbWUgPT0gJ18nKSkK KwlpZiAoISpuYW1lIHx8ICEoKCpuYW1lID49ICdhJyAmJiAqbmFtZSA8PSAneicpIHx8ICpuYW1l ID09ICdfJyB8fCAqbmFtZSA9PSAnLicpKQogCQlyZXR1cm4gMDsKIAogCXdoaWxlICgqKytuYW1l KSB7CiAJCWlmICghKCgqbmFtZSA+PSAnYScgJiYgKm5hbWUgPD0gJ3onKSB8fAogCQkgICAgKCpu YW1lID49ICcwJyAmJiAqbmFtZSA8PSAnOScpIHx8Ci0JCSAgICAqbmFtZSA9PSAnXycgfHwgKm5h bWUgPT0gJy0nIHx8CisJCSAgICAqbmFtZSA9PSAnXycgfHwgKm5hbWUgPT0gJy0nIHx8ICpuYW1l ID09ICcuJyB8fAogCQkgICAgKCpuYW1lID09ICckJyAmJiAqKG5hbWUrMSkgPT0gTlVMTCkpKQog CQkJcmV0dXJuIDA7CiAJfQo= 13394 2003-06-16 18:29 0000 Patch to add my patch to shadow-4.0.3-r6 shadow-4.0.3-r6.ebuild.fix text/plain LS0tIC91c3IvcG9ydGFnZS9zeXMtYXBwcy9zaGFkb3cvc2hhZG93LTQuMC4zLXI2LmVidWlsZAky MDAzLTA1LTE4IDEyOjU0OjAxLjAwMDAwMDAwMCArMDAwMAorKysgc2hhZG93LTQuMC4zLXI2LmVi dWlsZAkyMDAzLTA2LTE2IDIxOjM1OjQ4LjAwMDAwMDAwMCArMDAwMApAQCAtNTQsNiArNTQsOSBA QAogCSMgVGhhbmtzIHRvIEd1eSA8Z3V5Y2FkQG1pbmRzcHJpbmcuY29tPi4KIAllcGF0Y2ggJHtG SUxFU0RJUn0vJHtQfS11c2VyYWRkLW1hbnBhZ2UtdXBkYXRlLnBhdGNoCiAKKyAgICAjIFBhdGNo IHRvIGFsbG93IGEgdXNlciB0byBhZGQgYSAiLiIgdG8gdGhlIGxvZ2luIG5hbWUsCisJIyBjbG9z ZXMgYnVnICMgMjI5MjAgLSBDaHVjayBTaG9ydCA8Y2h1Y2tfc2hvcnRAcm9nZXJzLmNvbT4KKwll cGF0Y2ggJHtGSUxFU0RJUn0vJHtQfS1jaGtuYW1lLnBhdGNoCiAJIyBOZWNlc3Nhcnkgc2VsaW51 eCBwYXRjaAogCXVzZSBzZWxpbnV4ICYmIGVwYXRjaCAke0RJU1RESVJ9LyR7UH0tc2VsaW51eC5w YXRjaC5iejIKIH0K