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  • Bug#1100858: adduser fails due to invalid characters

    From Marc Haber@21:1/5 to VastOne on Wed Mar 19 17:50:01 2025
    On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:02:09AM -0500, VastOne wrote:
    When trying to create a new user the following types of errors happen. If
    any of these are removed from /etc/skel it just keeps going on to the next >and the next

    adduser vsido
    invalid characters in ./.mozilla/firefox/0bwoq7rk.default/lwtheme/blue >gradient base White debian swirl VISDO.png-1680x1050 at >/usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm line 141, <$findpipe> line 17

    So you have files containing whitespace in their file name in /etc/skel?

    Greetings
    Marc

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  • From Marc Haber@21:1/5 to VastOne on Thu Mar 20 09:10:01 2025
    On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 04:48:10PM -0500, VastOne wrote:
    I have the same files in /etc/skel that I have used in creating the default >user for the last 5 years. Is it now an adduser requirement to not have >whitespace in filenames?

    No, it is not. I was just trying to find out what is going wrong on your
    system so that I can try writing a test case

    Greetings
    Marc

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