Subject: Re: bug#53631: coreutils id(1) incorrect behavior

From: "Vladimir D. Seleznev" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 05:40:17 +0300

On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 06:46:00PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Vladimir D. Seleznev wrote:
> > Expected behavior is:
> > 	# id user1
> > 	uid=1027(user1) gid=1027(user1) groups=1027(user1)
> > 	# id user2
> > 	uid=1027(user1) gid=1027(user1) groups=1027(user1),1028(somegroup)
> 
> I just tried a test on both FreeBSD and NetBSD and both FreeBSD and
> NetBSD behave as you expect.  That would give weight for GNU Coreutils
> matching that behavior.
> 
> > Example:
> > 	# useradd user1
> > 	# groupadd somegroup
> > 	# useradd -o -u "$(id -u user1)" -g "$(id -G user1) -G somegroup user2
> 
> I'll just note that there is a missing ending quote character.  It's

Oops! Wrong copying, sorry.

> also missing the -m option to create a home directory.

Yes, but in my system it is handled by CREATE_HOME of /etc/login.defs.
But perhaps I should've provided more general example.

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   WBR,
   Vladimir D. Seleznev