getent passwd username fail on username > 9 characters
Bug #526671 reported by
Fernando Ribeiro
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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eglibc (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: libc-bin
My username have > 9 characters. Like 12345678901
While using getent passwd it show all users ok.
If I use getent passwd 12345678901 It return exit 2 (Key not found in database)
If I use getent passwd 123456789 It return 0 (success) and show the user informations of 12345678901.
Other package use getent passwd $USER and fail to run (like ecryptfs-
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