misc/63659: /usr/sbin/pw does not honor symlinks in skeleton
directory
David Hill
david at wmol.com
Tue Mar 2 13:10:17 PST 2004
>Number: 63659
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: /usr/sbin/pw does not honor symlinks in skeleton directory
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 02 13:10:17 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Hill
>Release: 5.2-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD xxxxx 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #8: Mon Mar 1 09:59:49 EST 2004 david at xxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WIND i386
>Description:
In /etc/skel, i have a directory "htdocs". I also have a symlink of public_html to htdocs. When I use /usr/sbin/pw to create a user, the home directory contains htdocs and public_html as directories, not public_html as a symlink to htdocs.
>How-To-Repeat:
Create a symlink to a directory in /etc/skel.
Create a user.
Check home directory.
>Fix:
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