This option can be used to set a separate mode for useradd(8) and
newusers(8) to create the home directories with.
If this option is not set, the current behavior of using UMASK
or the default umask is preserved.
There are many distributions that set UMASK to 077 by default just
to create home directories not readable by others and use things like
/etc/profile, bashrc or sudo configuration files to set a less
restrictive
umask. This has always resulted in bug reports because it is hard
to follow as users tend to change files like bashrc and are not about
setting the umask to counteract the umask set in /etc/login.defs.
A recent change in sudo has also resulted in many bug reports about
this. sudo now tries to respect the umask set by pam modules and on
systems where pam does not set a umask, the login.defs UMASK value is
used.
This option can be used to set a separate mode for useradd(8) and
newusers(8) to create the home directories with.
If this option is not set, the current behavior of using UMASK
or the default umask is preserved.
There are many distributions that set UMASK to 077 by default just
to create home directories not readable by others and use things like
/etc/profile, bashrc or sudo configuration files to set a less
restrictive
umask. This has always resulted in bug reports because it is hard
to follow as users tend to change files like bashrc and are not about
setting the umask to counteract the umask set in /etc/login.defs.
A recent change in sudo has also resulted in many bug reports about
this. sudo now tries to respect the umask set by pam modules and on
systems where pam does not set a umask, the login.defs UMASK value is
used.
Some distributions, notably Fedora, have the following order of nsswitch
modules by default:
passwd: sss files
group: sss files
The advantage of serving local users through SSSD is that the nss_sss
module has a fast mmapped-cache that speeds up NSS lookups compared to
accessing the disk an opening the files on each NSS request.
Traditionally, this has been done with the help of nscd, but using nscd
in parallel with sssd is cumbersome, as both SSSD and nscd use their own
independent caching, so using nscd in setups where sssd is also serving
users from some remote domain (LDAP, AD, ...) can result in a bit of
unpredictability.
More details about why Fedora chose to use sss before files can be found
on e.g.:
https://fedoraproject.org//wiki/Changes/SSSDCacheForLocalUsers
or:
https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/files_provider.html
Now, even though sssd watches the passwd and group files with the help
of inotify, there can still be a small window where someone requests a
user or a group, finds that it doesn't exist, adds the entry and checks
again. Without some support in shadow-utils that would explicitly drop
the sssd caches, the inotify watch can fire a little late, so a
combination of commands like this:
getent passwd user || useradd user; getent passwd user
can result in the second getent passwd not finding the newly added user
as the racy behaviour might still return the cached negative hit from
the first getent passwd.
This patch more or less copies the already existing support that
shadow-utils had for dropping nscd caches, except using the "sss_cache"
tool that sssd ships.
The third field in the /etc/shadow file (sp_lstchg) contains the date of
the last password change expressed as the number of days since Jan 1, 1970.
As this is a relative time, creating a user today will result in:
username:17238:0:99999:7:::
whilst creating the same user tomorrow will result in:
username:17239:0:99999:7:::
This has an impact for the Reproducible Builds[0] project where we aim to
be independent of as many elements the build environment as possible,
including the current date.
This patch changes the behaviour to use the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH[1]
environment variable (instead of Jan 1, 1970) if valid.
[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
[1] https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/
Signed-off-by: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
passwd, shadow, group, gshadow etc. can be managed via nss -
e.g. system default accounts can be specified using nss_altfiles,
rather than in /etc/. Thus despite having default accounts, these
files can be missing on disk and thus should be opened with O_CREATE
whenever they are attempted to be opened in O_RDWR modes.
* configure.in: Add configure options --enable-subordinate-ids /
--disable-subordinate-ids. Enabled by default.
* lib/prototypes.h: Include <config.h> before using its macros.
* lib/commonio.h, lib/commonio.c: Define commonio_append only when
ENABLE_SUBIDS is defined.
* lib/prototypes.h, libmisc/find_new_sub_gids.c,
libmisc/find_new_sub_uids.c: Likewise.
* lib/subordinateio.h, lib/subordinateio.c: Likewise.
* libmisc/user_busy.c: Only check if subordinate IDs are in use if
ENABLE_SUBIDS is defined.
* src/Makefile.am: Create newgidmap and newuidmap only if
ENABLE_SUBIDS is defined.
* src/newusers.c: Check for ENABLE_SUBIDS to enable support for
subordinate IDs.
* src/useradd.c: Likewise.
* src/userdel.c: Likewise.
* src/usermod.c: Likewise.
* man/Makefile.am: Install man1/newgidmap.1, man1/newuidmap.1,
man5/subgid.5, and man5/subuid.5 only if ENABLE_SUBIDS is defined.
* man/fr/Makefile.am: Install man1/newgidmap.1, man1/newuidmap.1,
man5/subgid.5, and man5/subuid.5 (not translated yet).
* man/generate_mans.mak: Add xsltproc conditionals
subids/no_subids.
* man/login.defs.d/SUB_GID_COUNT.xml: Add dependency on subids
condition.
* man/login.defs.d/SUB_UID_COUNT.xml: Likewise.
* man/usermod.8.xml: Document options for subordinate IDs and
reference subgid(5) / subuid(5) depending on the subids condition.
* Changelog: Update documentation of 2013-07-28 mancha entry.
* lib/prototypes.h, lib/encrypt.c: Update splint marker,
pw_encrypt can return NULL.
* lib/encrypt.c: Fix outdated statement on GNU crypt.
* src/chgpasswd.c: Improve diagnostic to user when pw_encrypt
fails and use fail_exit() instead of exit().
* src/chpasswd.c: Likewise.
* src/newusers.c: Likewise.
* src/passwd.c: Likewise when new password is encrypted.
* src/newgrp.c: Improve diagnostic to user and syslog when
pw_encrypt fails. Do not apply 1s penalty as this is not an
invalid password issue.
* src/passwd.c: Likewise when password is checked.
a salt that violates specs. On Linux, crypt() also fails with
DES/MD5 salts in FIPS140 mode. Rather than exit() on NULL returns
we send them back to the caller for appropriate handling.
src/chsh.c, src/groupadd.c, src/groupdel.c, src/groupmems.c,
src/groupmod.c, src/newusers.c, src/useradd.c, src/userdel.c,
src/usermod.c: Provide the PAM error
message instead of our own, and log error to syslog.
* src/groupmems.c: Exit with exit rather than fail_exit in usage().
* src/newusers.c: Check the number of arguments.
* src/newusers.c: Do not create the home directory when it is not
changed.
* src/useradd.c: Set the group password to "!" rather "x" if there
are no gshadow file.
instead of 'x'. Only when it is confirmed that a shadow entry is
(will be) added, set the passwd's password to 'x'.
* src/newusers.c: An invalid line is an error. A failure needs to
be reported.
boolean.
* libmisc/basename.c: Avoid implicit conversion of pointer to
boolean.
* libmisc/basename.c, lib/prototypes.h (Basename): Return a
constant string.
* libmisc/basename.c, libmisc/obscure.c, lib/prototypes.h,
libmisc/xmalloc.c, libmisc/getdate.h, libmisc/system.c,
libmisc/getgr_nam_gid.c, libmisc/failure.c, libmisc/valid.c: Add
splint annotations.
* libmisc/chowndir.c: Avoid memory leak.
* libmisc/chowndir.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value.
* libmisc/chowntty.c: Avoid implicit conversion between integer
types.
* libmisc/obscure.c: Return a bool when possible instead of int.
* libmisc/shell.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value.
* libmisc/shell.c: Do not check execle return value.
* libmisc/setupenv.c: Avoid implicit conversion between integer
types.
* libmisc/xmalloc.c: size should not be zero to avoid returning
NULL pointers.
* libmisc/hushed.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value.
* libmisc/system.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to
boolean. safe_system last argument is a boolean.
* libmisc/system.c: Check return value of dup2.
* libmisc/system.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value.
* libmisc/system.c: Do not check execve return value.
* libmisc/salt.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value.
* libmisc/loginprompt.c: Do not check gethostname return value.
* libmisc/find_new_gid.c, libmisc/find_new_uid.c: Do not check
gr_rewind/pw_rewind return value.
* libmisc/ttytype.c: Limit the number of parsed characters in the
sscanf format.
* libmisc/ttytype.c: Test if a type was really read.
* libmisc/sub.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value.
* libmisc/sub.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean.
* src/userdel.c: Fix typo in comment.
* src/userdel.c: Avoid implicit conversion of boolean to integer.
* src/userdel.c: safe_system last argument is a boolean.
* src/newusers.c: Avoid implicit conversion of boolean to integer.
* src/newusers.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean.
* src/usermod.c: Add brackets.
* src/usermod.c: Avoid implicit conversion of characters or
integers to booleans.
* src/vipw.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean.
* src/su.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean.
* src/su.c: Add brackets.
* src/useradd.c: Avoid implicit conversion of characters or
integers to booleans.
src/chpasswd.c, src/groupmems.c, src/usermod.c, src/chgpasswd.c,
src/vipw.c, src/su.c, src/useradd.c, src/groupmod.c, src/passwd.c,
src/groupadd.c, src/chage.c, src/faillog.c, src/chsh.c: Use
booleans for tests.
* src/userdel.c, src/gpasswd.c, src/groupmems.c, src/usermod.c,
src/groupmod.c, src/passwd.c: Use a break even after usage().
src/newusers.c, src/chpasswd.c, src/groupmems.c, src/usermod.c,
src/chgpasswd.c, src/vipw.c, src/su.c, src/useradd.c,
src/groupmod.c, src/passwd.c, src/groupadd.c, src/chage.c,
src/faillog.c, src/chsh.c: If someone uses the -h/--help options,
the usage should not go to stderr nor should the utility exit with
non-zero status. All of the shadow utils do just this
unfortunately, so convert them over to sanity.
* man/groupmems.8.xml, man/gpasswd.1.xml: Added option -h/--help.
with a NULL argument.
* src/useradd.c: Replace PATH_MAX by a fixed constant. The buffer
was not meant as a storage for a path.
* src/useradd.c, src/newusers.c, src/chpasswd.c: Better detection
of fgets errors. Lines shall end with a \n, unless we reached the
end of file.
* libmisc/copydir.c: Avoid PATH_MAX. Support file paths with any
length. Added readlink_malloc().
changing the passwords with PAM.
* src/newusers.c: Split the usage string in smaller parts to
allow enabling single parts.
* man/newusers.8.xml: Indicate the options and configuration
variables valid for PAM and non-PAM versions.
* man/newusers.8.xml: Added pointer to /etc/pam.d/chpasswd.
* libmisc/chowntty.c, libmisc/rlogin.c, libmisc/sub.c,
src/newusers.c, libmisc/sulog.c, libmisc/system.c, src/logoutd.c,
src/groups.c, src/id.c, lib/encrypt.c, libmisc/audit_help.c,
libmisc/limits.c: Return EXIT_FAILURE instead of 1, and
EXIT_SUCCESS instead of 0.
* libmisc/audit_help.c: Replace an fprintf() by fputs().
* libmisc/audit_help.c: Remove documentation of the audit_logger
returned values. The function returns void.
* libmisc/system.c: Only return status if waitpid succeeded.
Return -1 otherwise.
src/passwd.c, src/pwck.c, src/pwconv.c, src/useradd.c,
src/usermod.c: On Jan 01, 1970, do not set the sp_lstchg field to
0 (which means that the password shall be changed during the next
login), but use -1 (password aging disabled).
* src/passwd.c: Do not check sp_min if sp_lstchg is null or -1.
* src/userdel.c, src/newusers.c, src/chpasswd.c, src/chfn.c,
src/groupmems.c, src/usermod.c, src/groupdel.c, src/chgpasswd.c,
src/useradd.c, src/groupmod.c, src/groupadd.c, src/chage.c,
src/chsh.c: If the username cannot be determined, report it as
such (not a PAM authentication failure).
enable/disable the usage of PAM to authenticate the callers of
account management tools: chage, chgpasswd, chpasswd, groupadd,
groupdel, groupmod, useradd, userdel, usermod.
* src/Makefile.am: Do not link the above tools with libpam if
account-tools-setuid is disabled.
* src/userdel.c, src/newusers.c, src/chpasswd.c, src/usermod.c,
src/groupdel.c, src/chgpasswd.c, src/useradd.c, src/groupmod.c,
src/groupadd.c, src/chage.c: Implement ACCT_TOOLS_SETUID
(--enable-account-tools-setuid).
* etc/pam.d/Makefile.am: Install the pam service file for the
above tools only when needed.
* src/useradd.c, src/userdel.c, src/usermod.c: It is no more
needed to initialize retval to PAM_SUCCESS.
src/groupmems.c, src/usermod.c, src/groupdel.c, src/chgpasswd.c,
src/useradd.c, src/groupmod.c, src/groupadd.c, src/chage.c,
src/chsh.c: Simplify the PAM error handling. Do not keep the pamh
handle, but terminate the PAM transaction as soon as possible if
there are no PAM session opened.
src/newusers.c, src/pwconv.c, src/chpasswd.c, src/logoutd.c,
src/chfn.c, src/groupmems.c, src/usermod.c, src/pwunconv.c,
src/expiry.c, src/groupdel.c, src/chgpasswd.c, src/useradd.c,
src/su.c, src/groupmod.c, src/passwd.c, src/pwck.c,
src/groupadd.c, src/chage.c, src/login.c, src/grpconv.c,
src/groups.c, src/grpunconv.c, src/chsh.c: Prog is now global (not
static to the file) so that it can be used by the helper functions
of libmisc.
* lib/prototypes.h: Added extern char *Prog.
* libmisc/find_new_gid.c, libmisc/find_new_uid.c: Indicate the
program name with the warning.
* src/chage.c, src/chfn.c, src/chgpasswd.c, src/chpasswd.c,
src/chsh.c, src/gpasswd.c, src/groupadd.c, src/groupmems.c,
src/groupmod.c, src/grpck.c, src/grpconv.c, src/grpunconv.c,
src/passwd.c, src/pwck.c, src/pwconv.c, src/pwunconv.c,
src/useradd.c, src/userdel.c, src/usermod.c: Harmonize the error
message sent to stderr in case of *_update () failure.
* src/chage.c, src/chsh.c, src/groupadd.c, src/passwd.c: Do not
log to syslog when pw_update() or spw_update() fail.
* src/newusers.c: Do not log specific error message to stderr when
sgr_update() fails.
* src/pwconv.c: Remove duplicated definition of Prog.
src/groupadd.c, src/groupdel.c, src/groupmems.c, src/groupmod.c,
src/grpconv.c, src/grpunconv.c, src/newusers.c, src/pwconv.c,
src/pwunconv.c, src/useradd.c, src/userdel.c: Harmonize the name
of the variables keeping the lock status, to match the shadow
library prefixes.
src/gpasswd.c, src/groupadd.c, src/groupdel.c, src/groupmems.c,
src/groupmod.c, src/grpck.c, src/grpconv.c, src/grpunconv.c,
src/newusers.c, src/passwd.c, src/pwck.c, src/pwconv.c,
src/pwunconv.c, src/useradd.c, src/userdel.c, src/usermod.c: In
case of a lock failure, indicate to the user that she can try
again later. Do not log to syslog.
