[Bug 1495580] Re: chfn needs to learn about the --extrausers argument and use libnss-extrausers files when set

[Michael Vogt]

** Description changed:

  as seen in bug 1492327, adduser now works for creating users in the
  extrausers db but when it tries to update the GECOS field at the end of
  adding a user (interactively and noninteractively) chfn falls over ...
  
  chfn needs similar patches to the other shadow binaries that recently
  got extrausers support.
+ 
+ REGRESSION POTENTIAL:
+ - low: this requires the new (and optional) --extrausers switch to change anything.

** Description changed:

  as seen in bug 1492327, adduser now works for creating users in the
  extrausers db but when it tries to update the GECOS field at the end of
  adding a user (interactively and noninteractively) chfn falls over ...
  
  chfn needs similar patches to the other shadow binaries that recently
  got extrausers support.
  
+ TEST CASE:
+ - create a user "foo" on an Ubuntu Core system
+ - run "chfn --extrausers -f some-name foo" on an Ubuntu Core system
+ 
  REGRESSION POTENTIAL:
  - low: this requires the new (and optional) --extrausers switch to change anything.

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Title:
  chfn needs to learn about the --extrausers argument and use libnss-
  extrausers files when set

Status in Snappy:
  Fix Released
Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in shadow source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed
Status in shadow source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  as seen in bug 1492327, adduser now works for creating users in the
  extrausers db but when it tries to update the GECOS field at the end
  of adding a user (interactively and noninteractively) chfn falls over
  ...

  chfn needs similar patches to the other shadow binaries that recently
  got extrausers support.

  TEST CASE:
  - create a user "foo" on an Ubuntu Core system
  - run "chfn --extrausers -f some-name foo" on an Ubuntu Core system

  REGRESSION POTENTIAL:
  - low: this requires the new (and optional) --extrausers switch to change anything.

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