Public bug reported: Binary package hint: base-passwd
according to a discussion in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/279560 I report, that I and several other users had experienced problems due to a wrong group of the file /etc/shadow by default $ ls -l /etc/shadow -rw-r----- 1 root root 1133 2008-10-06 19:32 /etc/shadow which commonly leads to problems with screenlocking programs. There have been discussed several workarounds with suid-bit, but not the root of the problem, the wrong group of /etc/shadow (which should be shadow, not root). This must have been intruduced with gutsy (according to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-guidance/+bug/26175), so there should be done a permission check of /etc/shadow within a package install script for gutsy, hardy and intrepid. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Dependencies: libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu11 [modified: lib/libgcc_s.so.1] gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3 [modified: usr/bin/xargs usr/bin/find usr/bin/oldfind] libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 [modified: lib/ld-2.8.90.so usr/lib/pt_chown usr/bin/iconv usr/bin/getent usr/bin/getconf usr/bin/zdump usr/bin/rpcinfo usr/sbin/zic usr/sbin/iconvconfig] DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: base-passwd 3.5.18 [modified: usr/sbin/update-passwd] ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: base-passwd Uname: Linux 2.6.27-10-generic i686 ** Affects: base-passwd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- /etc/shadow has wrong group https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
