wrong owner on /etc/shadow

It is root shadow here on a clean Dapper install.

I'm confirming Mark: it is root:shadow in my install as well.

On my upgraded Breezy-Dapper Ubuntu it is root:shadow too.

I also have root:shadow on an upgraded Breezy-Dapper on amd64.

I have root:shadow... I think this is up for rejection.

Given that the original reporter didn't respond and no one can reproduce
it, I'm rejecting this bug.

 status Rejected

I beg your pardon, I did respond and was promptly chastised for doing
so. Inserted is my last correspondence offering whatever help you may
want to fix the problem. The user forums are full of messages relating
to this problem if you care to take a look. I just happened to be the
only one who would "dare" to file a bug. Who would dare find a bug ?

I of source have no control of when you do or do not call a bug a bug.
All I can do is report what happened.

                              From:
Freels, James D. <email address hidden>
                          Reply-To:
<email address hidden>
                                To:
<email address hidden>
                           Subject:
Re: [Bug 50587] Re: wrong owner
on /etc/shadow
                              Date:
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:12:29 -0400

Point well taken. I did not mean to sound negative. If there is
anything I can do to help fix this problem, please let me know and I
will be glad to help out.

On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 12:02 -0400, Mark Reitblatt wrote:
> In which case you should have made it clear that this was an upgraded
> system. That would seem to be relevant, wouldn't it? We are merely
> showing that the bug doesn't seem exist on a clean dapper install.
> Just to be sure, I reinstalled from scratch in VMWare, and checked. It
> is still root:shadow. We weren't trying to tell you that your bug
> doesn't exist.
>
> On 6/22/06, Freels, James D. <email address hidden> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> This bug has occurred on two separate systems that upgraded
> from Breezy
> to Dapper. In addition, the bug reappears after manually
> correcting
> the /etc/shadow file to fix the problem. Further, I have seen
> this same
> issue raised on numerous entries in the Ubuntu-forums even
> after the
> Dapper release. Therefore, I have no doubt of the bug, hence,
> why it
> was filed.
>
> On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 21:59 +0000, Mark Reitblatt wrote:
> > It is root shadow here on a clean Dapper install.
> >
> --
> James D. Freels, Ph.D.
> Oak Ridge National Laboratory
> <email address hidden>
> http://www.comsol.com/stories/hfir/
>
>
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On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 03:06 +0000, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> Given that the original reporter didn't respond and no one can reproduce
> it, I'm rejecting this bug.
>
> status Rejected
>
>
> ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
> Status: Needs Info => Rejected
>
--
James D. Freels, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
<email address hidden>
http://www.comsol.com/stories/hfir/

James, people thought you didn't respond because you actually responded in private mail which apparently never made it to the public record of the bug. I'm reopening the bug now pending further investigation.

James, I did a quick search on the forum for "/etc/shadow permission" and this was the only relevant link that came up: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97880&highlight=%2Fetc%2Fshadow+permission , and it seems to be user error. Can you tell us if this happens for you on a fresh install?

What exactly do you want us to do here? No one else has been able to reproduce the bug, and you haven't been giving us any suggestions as to where your differences are coming from. I'm strongly inclined to chalk it up to user error unless you show us that this happens on a clean install for you. Otherwise, the logical conclusion is that this is happening because of something you installed or some later update. In which case it would be helpful to track down if it came from Ubuntu.

Also, please be a little less confrontational. We are not "chastising you" for "daring to file a bug", we are just trying to understand what exactly is going on here.

Due to my shortcomings in record-keeping of this bug and how I was led
to file it, I too cannot see any good reason to pursue this further. I
agree with you to clear the bug report as user error.

Also, I will try to be less confrontational and I am very grateful for
Ubuntu and all your good help.

Perhaps I was looking at some of the old bug reports filed on the Debian
side which confirmed my concern for this bug.

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 15:16 +0000, Mark Reitblatt wrote:
> James, I did a quick search on the forum for "/etc/shadow permission"
> and this was the only relevant link that came up:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97880&highlight=%2Fetc%2Fshadow+permission
> , and it seems to be user error. Can you tell us if this happens for you
> on a fresh install?
>
> What exactly do you want us to do here? No one else has been able to
> reproduce the bug, and you haven't been giving us any suggestions as to
> where your differences are coming from. I'm strongly inclined to chalk
> it up to user error unless you show us that this happens on a clean
> install for you. Otherwise, the logical conclusion is that this is
> happening because of something you installed or some later update. In
> which case it would be helpful to track down if it came from Ubuntu.
>
> Also, please be a little less confrontational. We are not "chastising
> you" for "daring to file a bug", we are just trying to understand what
> exactly is going on here.
>
--
James D. Freels, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
<email address hidden>
http://www.comsol.com/stories/hfir/

I'm sorry we weren't able to help you. If you do figure out what is happening, please come back to this bug and let us know, even if it isn't an Ubuntu problem. I'd really like to know in case this happens to me in the future. Thanks :)