Bug 53550

Summary: /usr/sbin/adduser bug
Product: Base System Reporter: Eygene A. Ryabinkin <rea>
Component: binAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 5.1-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Eygene A. Ryabinkin 2003-06-20 14:10:12 UTC
  Bug in new adduser script: if user supplies password with backslash symbol
 in it, script will say: "Passwords didn't match."

Fix: 

Add -r switch to `read' function on line 641 of /usr/sbin/adduser script.
How-To-Repeat:   When adding a user via /usr/sbin/adduser script supply any password with '\'
 character.
Comment 1 Mike Makonnen freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-06-20 17:53:51 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Committed. Thanks!