ecryptfs-setup-private fails if GREP_OPTIONS is set with --line-number

[Tyler Willingham]

Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

if a user has exported GREP_OPTIONS with --line-number, then the query from /etc/passwd for the user's home directory fails. This is due tot he fact that awk is splitting on : with the -F option, and the line number is prepended with a : before the grep line.

The result is the user is presented with an error like the following: "ERROR: User home directory [xxxxx] does not exist".

In order to fix this, something similar to the apache init script could be added, which performs the following:

ENV="env -i LANG=C PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Patch attached. Also fixes bug #277343.

:-Dustin

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ecryptfs-utils - 53-1ubuntu9

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ecryptfs-utils (53-1ubuntu9) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/35-silence_useless_mount_messages.dpatch: silence error
    messages (LP: #277343)
  * debian/patches/40-zero_out_grep_options.dpatch: zero out GREP_OPTIONS
    (LP: #257984)
  * debian/patches/00list: updated accordingly

 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:58:21 -0500

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

This patch should be applied to upstream ecryptfs-utils.

:-Dustin