Bug 8124 – Apache ebuild fails with duplicate match in /etc/passwd

• Status: VERIFIED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Malcolm Scott 2002-09-19 15:43:38 UTC]

If there are multiple lines in /etc/passwd containing the string "apache" (e.g.
if another username or someone's home directory contains that string) then the
line in the apache-1.3.x ebuilds which detects Apache's home dir fails.

The line that causes the fault is:
DATA_DIR=`grep apache /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6`

If there are multiple matches, DATA_DIR gets set to the home directory of each
line, causing 'configure' to complain about invalid options.

The line could be fixed by changing it to:

DATA_DIR=`grep "^apache:" /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6`

...i.e. only detect "apache:" at the beginning of a line.

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2002-09-19 15:57:41 UTC]

commited to cvs

[Comment 2 Malcolm Scott 2002-09-19 17:33:29 UTC]

Thanks. Verifying fixed.