Package: libsys-hostname-long-perl Version: 1.4-2 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: base-pas...@packages.debian.org Usertags: shell-fallout
In base-passwd 3.5.30, I changed nobody's shell to /usr/sbin/nologin (a change that I really should have made about ten years ago). This has unfortunately had a bit of collateral damage: # perl -le 'use Sys::Hostname::Long; print hostname_long' This account is currently not available. Note that this only fails when run as root. * Use "su -s /bin/sh nobody" to cope with the change of nobody's shell in base-passwd 3.5.30. --- libsys-hostname-long-perl-1.4.orig/lib/Sys/Hostname/Long.pm +++ libsys-hostname-long-perl-1.4/lib/Sys/Hostname/Long.pm @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ # Skip for Solaris, and only run as non-root my $tmp; if ($< == 0) { - $tmp = `su nobody -c "hostname --fqdn"`; + $tmp = `su -s /bin/sh nobody -c "hostname --fqdn"`; } else { $tmp = `hostname --fqdn`; } Sorry, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org