Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:52:31 GMT From: Jeff Lawson <jeff@bovine.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/172965: pw useradd does not allow -g "" Message-ID: <201210222052.q9MKqVW3022263@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201210222100.q9ML00Bg094576@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 172965 >Category: misc >Synopsis: pw useradd does not allow -g "" >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: Mon Oct 22 21:00:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jeff Lawson >Release: 9.1-PRERELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD sushi.hou.flightaware.com 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Oct 19 02:12:36 UTC 2012 root@riata.hou.flightaware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC-DTRACE amd64 >Description: Man page for "pw" indicates that -g "" is an acceptable option: -g group Set the default group for new users. If a blank group is specified using -g "", then new users will be allocated their own private primary group with the same name as their login name. If a group is supplied, either its name or uid may be given as an argument. However, attempting to do that produces an error: # pw useradd moo -g "" pw: group `' is not defined >How-To-Repeat: pw useradd moo -g "" >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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