Bug#1107157: Local user accounts get created with /bin/sh since trixie

Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:06:03 +0000

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Control: close -1
Control: fixed -1 0.20

On  Mo 02 Jun 2025 15:06:03 CEST, Mike Gabriel wrote:

> Source: libpam-mklocaluser
> Version: 0.19
> Severity: important
>
> Since Debian trixie, in Debian Edu on roaming workstations, local users
> end up with /bin/sh as shell in /etc/passwd (instead of /bin/bash).
>
> Both approaches are wrong, the newer one is just more annoying for bash
> users. The right solution is to take the shell from the LDAP account and
> use that in /etc/passwd when creating the local user at login.

This issue has been resolved via libpam-mklocaluser 0.20 (and I forgot  
the closure in d/changelog, unfortunately).

Mike
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