From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Jacob First <jacob.first@member.fsf.org>
Cc: 52539@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52539: Fwd: Comments in /etc/passwd don't get updated
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:36:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8zgxo5m.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAkdc5Dup1tWTxWMVLG8AUBYju9ZtTPQVRoJ6muEAUMQy9ysZA@mail.gmail.com> (Jacob First's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:00:59 +0000")
Hi,
Jacob First <jacob.first@member.fsf.org> skribis:
> After I apply this configuration with `guix system reconfigure', I
> expect /etc/passwd to have been updated with "New Comment" in place of
> "Old Comment". However, "Old Comment" remains.
This is on purpose, per these lines in ‘allocate-passwd’ in (gnu build
accounts):
(real-name (if previous
(password-entry-real-name previous)
real-name))
This wasn’t a firm decision, but I think the rationale here could be
that we’d rather allow users to change their name with ‘chfn’ to
something other than what the sysadmin chose, than enforce the
sysadmin’s choice. (Except that ‘chfn’ is currently not setuid by
default on Guix System, so the scenario above is unlikely.)
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-22 22:37 UTC|newest]
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2021-12-16 7:00 ` bug#52539: Fwd: Comments in /etc/passwd don't get updated Jacob First
2021-12-17 4:02 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2021-12-20 23:45 ` Jacob First
2021-12-22 22:36 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2021-12-26 21:56 ` Jacob First
2021-12-31 17:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
[not found] ` <handler.52539.D52539.164097194432533.notifdone@debbugs.gnu.org>
2022-01-01 14:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
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