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:       
>Date-Required:
>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:
      
>Release-Note:
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