Bug#333862: marked as done (debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation)
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From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>
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Subject: debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.2.1
Severity: normal
Policy 9.2.1 says:
Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow.
This makes, for example, the passwd package RC buggy since useradd
modifies /etc/passwd. Also exim4 is RC buggy since its maintainer
scripts modify /etc/passwd by calling adduser which in turn calls
useradd which in turn modifies /etc/passwd while not belonging to
base-passwd.
The section in the policy should say
Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow directly from their maintainer
scripts.
Greetings
Marc
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From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
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Subject: debian-policy: Policy forbids account creation
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Hi,
Umm, no, it does not. Policy consistently makes a distinction
between a package which performs some action is different from a
package which contains programs which perform the action -- otherwise
both nvi and vim are at risk for editing configuration files.
manoj
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