Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.18.1-1
Severity: normal
Tags: l10n
chfn doesn't allow non-US-ASCII characters in the GECOS field:
# useradd testuser
# chfn testuser
Changing the user information for testuser
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: Pół Basa
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
chfn: invalid name: 'Pół Basa'
# userdel testuser
#
This restriction is not documented in the chfn(1) man page, nor does it
appear in passwd(5).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libpam-modules 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii login 1:4.0.18.1-1 system login tools
passwd recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
* passwd/md5: true
* passwd/shadow: true
