Subject: bug#21096: Useradd, usermod do not use the target to read groups from when using the -R parameter

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:59:58 -0400

Hello,

On 07/20/2015 04:12 AM, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
<...>
> It appears both usermod and useradd use the local /etc/group rather
> then what is supplied via the -R parameter.
<...>
> Am I doing something wrong or is this indeed a bug in the coreutils?

It might be a bug, but not in coreutils - these programs are not part of coreutils.

> I'm using debian jessie's 8.23-4 on amd64

It seems that in Debian, these programs are part of the 'passwd' package,
whose source is maintained here (as upstream of the 'shadow' package):
   http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/features.php
You could try asking here:
   http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/getinvolved.php

regards,
  - assaf