Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.3-30.8 Severity: normal
postamt:/home/t# /usr/sbin/useradd -m -d /home/x/-/testruebe testruebe useradd: cannot create directory /home/x/-/testruebe postamt:/home/t# /usr/sbin/useradd -m -d "/home/x/-/testruebe" testruebe useradd: cannot create directory /home/x/-/testruebe postamt:/home/t# /usr/sbin/useradd -m -d "/home/x/\-/testruebe" testruebe useradd: cannot create directory /home/x/\-/testruebe If I create the /home/x/- directory by hand, useradd works. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii login 1:4.0.3-30.8 System login tools -- debconf information: * passwd/root-password: (password omitted) * passwd/root-password-again: (password omitted) * passwd/user-password-again: (password omitted) * passwd/user-password: (password omitted) passwd/password-mismatch: * passwd/username: uwp passwd/password-empty: * passwd/make-user: true passwd/md5: false * passwd/shadow: true passwd/username-bad: * passwd/user-fullname: uwp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]