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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 1999 12:07:34 -0500 (EST)
From:      adrian2ubergeeks.com@gosub.cstone.net
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/10601: symlink ownership fix to adduser(8)
Message-ID:  <199903151707.MAA25449@gosub.cstone.net>

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>Number:         10601
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Ownership of symlinks copied by adduser are not set correctly.
>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 Mar 15 09:20:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Adrian Filipi-Martin
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Ubergeeks Consulting
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	When adduser copies symlinks form /usr/share/skel, it does
	not set the ownership of the new files correctly.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
	Apply the follwing patch:

--- adduser.perl.orig	Mon Mar 15 11:59:42 1999
+++ adduser.perl	Mon Mar 15 12:00:10 1999
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@
     print "Copy files from $dotdir to $homedir\n" if $verbose;
     system("cp -R $dotdir $homedir");
     system("chmod -R u+wrX,go-w $homedir");
-    system("chown -R $name:$group $homedir");
+    system("chown -Rh $name:$group $homedir");
 
     # security
     opendir(D, $homedir);

>Release-Note:
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