Hello James, or anyone else affected, Accepted shadow into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984390 Title: $PATH is taken from login.defs not /etc/environment Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in shadow source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in shadow source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Bug description: $PATH isn't sourced from /etc/environment, instead the version in /etc/login.defs is used. (The example below comes from a precise install.) | james@panlong:~$ echo $PATH | /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games | james@panlong:~$ sudo su - buildd | buildd@panlong:~$ echo $PATH | /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games | buildd@panlong:~$ cat /etc/environment | PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" | buildd@panlong:~$ grep PATH /etc/login.defs | # Three items must be defined: MAIL_DIR, ENV_SUPATH, and ENV_PATH. | # *REQUIRED* The default PATH settings, for superuser and normal users. | ENV_SUPATH PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin | ENV_PATH PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games | #CRACKLIB_DICTPATH | buildd@panlong:~$ sudo sed -i -e "s#^ENV_PATH.*#ENV_PATH PATH=/wtf:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games#" /etc/login.defs | buildd@panlong:~$ logout | james@panlong:~$ sudo su - buildd | buildd@panlong:~$ echo $PATH | /wtf:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games | buildd@panlong:~$ REGRESSION POTENTIAL: - medium: it changes (incorrect) existing behaviour so https://xkcd.com/1172/ may apply To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/984390/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
