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[ BUG] opensysuser does not create group with m

Hi all,

With opensysusers 0.6 if I try to add a user to a nonexistent group using the 'm' type i got an error
because the opensysusers does not create the group by itself, so adding a user to a nonexistent
group obviously fails.
However the manpage for 'm' states that
"If the user or group do not exist yet, they will be implicitly created. "

This bug has been reported at Debian, see
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986015

Thanks,
Lorenzo

Sidenote: it seems that the registrations to your gitea site are disabled: what is the expected way to report a
bug and contribute to a project?

[ BUG ] opensysusers: dangerous use of eval on GECOS field

Reply #1 –
Hi all,

Opensysusers 0.6 uses eval on every field of files in sysusers.d: this can have
unintended consequences as some field, like GECOS, can contain shell meta-characters
that are not supposed to be executed.
An example where running opensysusers results in removal of root
files has been reported in Debian, see
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992058

Thanks,
Lorenzo

Re: [ BUG] opensysuser does not create group with m

Reply #2 –
Please don't create multiple topics for same report.

Re: [ BUG] opensysuser does not create group with m

Reply #3 –
Artix does not use opensysusers and it has not been maintained for a long time. You can compile complete standalone binaries (no other systemd dependency) for that utility from the systemd source tree which is what is currently used.

Re: [ BUG] opensysuser does not create group with m

Reply #4 –
Hi,
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Please don't create multiple topics for same report.
sorry, it was not my intention to spam the forum


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Artix does not use opensysusers and it has not been maintained for a long time.

ah, so if I want to keep opensysusers in Debian I need to fix those issues by myself..
ok, thanks for the info

Lorenzo