userdel returns exit code 12 if user is not in /var/mail
Bug #1023509 reported by
Jeremy Smitherman
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| shadow (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| shadow (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
This doesn't occur on CentOS and other distros. If mailspool is not installed, or for whatever other reason the user has no folder under /var/mail, usermod -r works properly, but returns exit code 12 (Which is supposed to be for failing to remove the user's home directory).
I would expect this to return exit code 0, as it's a warning.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Expected: userdel -r returns 0, or at least not 12; which is for reporting that the home directory was unable to be removed.
Actual: userdel -r returns 12; this happens if mailspool is not installed, or user for whatever reason has no folder in /var/mail
| affects: | debian → shadow (Debian) |
| affects: | ubuntu → shadow (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in shadow (Debian): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
| status: | New → Unknown |
Revision history for this message
| Logan Rosen (logan) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in shadow (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
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It looks like this bug was fixed in the new upstream version that's currently in Debian. I'm going to see if I can manage a merge (or possibly request a sync, if a merge is unnecessary); otherwise, I'll file a bug to request a merge from Debian.