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

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

Summary: Apache ebuild fails with duplicate match in /etc/passwd

Status:	VERIFIED FIXED

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Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2002-09-19 15:43 UTC by Malcolm Scott
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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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 gentoo-dev

2002-09-19 15:57:41 UTC

commited to cvs

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

Thanks. Verifying fixed.