Debian Bug report logs - #849265
clean out EXTRA_GROUPS

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Keast <daniel@kea.st>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: adduser: Should not add users to the audio group

Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:52:38 +0000

Package: adduser
Version: 3.113+nmu3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I was having issues with fast user switching in Gnome. When the first user
leaves something running that uses the sound card the second user only gets a
"Dummy Output" sound device. Researching the problem led me to find that users
should not be in the 'audio' group but all of the users on my systems were:

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/PerfectSetup/

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#User_privileges

Removing the users from this group fixes the issue completely. I'm not sure
what package creates users during installation, but the --add_extra_groups flag
for this command adds this group.

Kind Regards,
Daniel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.56
ii  passwd                 1:4.2-3+deb8u1
ii  perl-base              5.20.2-3+deb8u6

adduser recommends no packages.

Versions of packages adduser suggests:
ii  liblocale-gettext-perl  1.05-8+b1
ii  perl-modules            5.20.2-3+deb8u6

-- debconf information excluded

Message #10 received at 849265@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Afif Elghraoui <afif@ghraoui.name>

To: Daniel Keast <daniel@kea.st>, 849265@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Adduser-devel] Bug#849265: adduser: Should not add users to the audio group

Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:20:12 -0800

Hello and thanks for the report

على السبت 24 كانون الأول 2016 ‫03:52، كتب Daniel Keast:
> 
> I was having issues with fast user switching in Gnome. When the first user
> leaves something running that uses the sound card the second user only gets a
> "Dummy Output" sound device. Researching the problem led me to find that users
> should not be in the 'audio' group but all of the users on my systems were:
> 
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/PerfectSetup/
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup
> 
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#User_privileges
> 
> Removing the users from this group fixes the issue completely. I'm not sure
> what package creates users during installation, but the --add_extra_groups flag
> for this command adds this group.
> 

I'd like to get in touch with the udev maintainers about this. There may
be other groups in this set of extra_groups that are in a similar situation.

Thanks and regards
Afif

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Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي
http://afif.ghraoui.name

Message #15 received at 849265@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dan Keast <daniel@kea.st>

To: Afif Elghraoui <afif@ghraoui.name>

Cc: 849265@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Adduser-devel] Bug#849265: adduser: Should not add users to the audio group

Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 22:36:34 +0000

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Hi Afif,

That sounds like a great idea to me.

It's a pretty trivial change, but I've attached a patch file if it's of any
use to you.

Thanks,
Dan

On 27 December 2016 at 19:20, Afif Elghraoui <afif@ghraoui.name> wrote:

> Hello and thanks for the report
>
> على السبت 24 كانون الأول 2016 ‫03:52، كتب Daniel Keast:
> >
> > I was having issues with fast user switching in Gnome. When the first
> user
> > leaves something running that uses the sound card the second user only
> gets a
> > "Dummy Output" sound device. Researching the problem led me to find that
> users
> > should not be in the 'audio' group but all of the users on my systems
> were:
> >
> > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/
> PerfectSetup/
> >
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup
> >
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_
> Sound_Architecture#User_privileges
> >
> > Removing the users from this group fixes the issue completely. I'm not
> sure
> > what package creates users during installation, but the
> --add_extra_groups flag
> > for this command adds this group.
> >
>
> I'd like to get in touch with the udev maintainers about this. There may
> be other groups in this set of extra_groups that are in a similar
> situation.
>
> Thanks and regards
> Afif
>
> --
> Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي
> http://afif.ghraoui.name
>

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Message #20 received at 849265@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Afif Elghraoui <afif@ghraoui.name>

To: Dan Keast <daniel@kea.st>

Cc: 849265@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Adduser-devel] Bug#849265: adduser: Should not add users to the audio group

Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 15:10:25 -0800

Hi,

على الأربعاء 28 كانون الأول 2016 ‫14:36، كتب Dan Keast:
> Hi Afif,
> 
> That sounds like a great idea to me.
> 
> It's a pretty trivial change, but I've attached a patch file if it's of
> any use to you.
> 

Thanks for the patch. Anyway, I've just gotten around to contacting the
udev maintainers:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-systemd-maintainers/2017-January/013683.html

regards
Afif

-- 
Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي
http://afif.ghraoui.name

Message #25 received at 849265@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Afif Elghraoui <afif@debian.org>

To: 766914@bugs.debian.org

Subject: user-setup: hardware access groups should not be default

Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:13:56 -0800

Hello,

I had #849265 reported against adduser for this problem that exists in
d-i's user-setup. It also exists in adduser if the --add_extra_groups
flags is used (which is why I didn't reassign/merge), user-setup is
adding this groups directly.

See the bug log for 849265 [1], as well as my correspondence with
pkg-systemd [2].

Thanks and regards
Afif

1. http://bugs.debian.org/849265
2.
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-systemd-maintainers/2017-January/013684.html

-- 
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http://afif.ghraoui.name

Message #30 received at 849265@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

To: Daniel Keast <daniel@kea.st>, 849265@bugs.debian.org, 849265-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#849265: adduser: Should not add users to the audio group

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:50:05 +0100

Control: tags -1 confirmed
thanks

I will empty out the EXTRA_GROUPS lists to just contain "users" in one
of the next uploads. I am running my own machines with this already
(having removed myself from all groups that are in EXTRA_GROUPS in
adduser) and would like to stay with that for a week or so before I
change the package.

Greetings
Marc

Message #40 received at 849265-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

To: 849265-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#849265 marked as pending in adduser

Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 09:50:32 +0000

Control: tag -1 pending

Hello,

Bug #849265 in adduser reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/adduser/-/commit/5d0ac74f7f490cda8f88e690f624b52effc628d3

------------------------------------------------------------------------
clean out EXTRA_GROUPS to only contain users.

Thanks: Daniel Keast
Closes: #849265
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/849265

Message #45 received at 849265-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

To: 849265-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#849265 marked as pending in adduser

Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Control: tag -1 pending

Hello,

Bug #849265 in adduser reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/adduser/-/commit/5900a71886a5c86a21f63c6236042273a7514911

------------------------------------------------------------------------
clean out EXTRA_GROUPS to only contain users.

Thanks: Daniel Keast
Closes: #849265
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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https://bugs.debian.org/849265

Message #50 received at 849265-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 849265-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#849265: fixed in adduser 3.122

Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:03:47 +0000

Source: adduser
Source-Version: 3.122
Done: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
adduser, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 849265@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> (supplier of updated adduser package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:30:00 +0200
Source: adduser
Architecture: source
Version: 3.122
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers <adduser@packages.debian.org>
Changed-By: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>
Closes: 202943 239825 398793 432562 520037 521883 588872 643559 664869 675804 679746 685532 701110 723572 774046 849265 874560 891748 896916 908997 920739 923059 925511 926262 969217 977678 979385 983405 992163 1001863 1006897 1006941 1006975 1007785 1008081 1008091 1014395 1014448
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   [ Marc Haber ]
   * improve package description.
   * Standards-Version: 4.6.1 (no changes necessary)
   * clean out EXTRA_GROUPS to only contain users.
     Thanks to Daniel Keast. (Closes: #849265)
   * add SECURITY section to manual pages.
   * add test for backups of home directory.
   * improve and update lintian overrides.
   * Formatting changes to manual pages.
     Thanks to Markus Hiereth. (Closes: #874560)
   * fix some typos in manual pages.
   * set VERBOSE and DEBUG envvars in deluser as well. (Closes: #1006897)
   * add documentation about adduser being a policy layer. (Closes: #1007785)
   * try to clarify system account terminology (policy vs system).
     (Closes: #1006975)
   * Document that only adduser --system is idempotent. (Closes: #723572)
   * error out for two-argument addgroup.
     Thanks to Mike Dornberger. (Closes: #664869)
   * make --add_extra_groups into --add-extra-groups. (Closes: #1014395)
   * --force-badname is now --allow-badname. (Closes: #1014448)
   * update turkish debconf translation.
     Thanks to Atila KOÇ. (Closes: #908997)
   * Update Russian debconf translation.
     Thanks to Lev Lamberov. (Closes: #920739)
   * Update Danish debconf translation (Closes: #923059)
   * Update Italian debconf translation.
     Thanks to Luca Monducci. (Closes: #969217)
   * Update German man page translation.
     Thanks to Helge Kreutzmann. (Closes: #977678)
   * Update European Portuguese translation of man page.
     Thanks to Américo Monteiro. (Closes: #925511)
   * disable translated manpages, none left for the time being.
   * deprecate planned directory service support.
   * Add docs about adduser.local being the place to interact with DS,
   * Some improvements to autopkgtests.
 .
   [ Matt Barry ]
   * System account home dir defaults to /nonexistent. (Closes: #679746)
   * do not accept all-numeric user names. (Closes: #891748)
   * prompts need y/n/empty(default).
   * Implement SYS_DIR_MODE. (Closes: #1008081, #202943, #398793)
   * Implement SYS_NAME_REGEX. (Closes: #521883, #432562)
   * Deprecate SETGID_HOME.
     Add NEWS/TODO items. (Closes: #643559, #979385, #1008091, #643559)
   * Fix ignored files for --remove-all-files.
     (Closes: #1001863, #588872, #926262, #992163)
   * Redefines the default NO_DEL_PATHS to avoid unnecessary
     scanning.
   * Change deluser_files test to use gzip.
   * Fix deletion of sockets/pipes. (Closes: #685532)
   * Simplify checkname sub.  (Closes: #1006941)
   * Adds support for lock files. (Closes: #983405)
   * Username validity testing framework.
   * Add --allow-all-names to bypass --force-badname.
     (Closes: #520037, #774046)
   * use warnf instead of printf in some places. (Closes: #675804)
   * Support tar --auto-compress for backups. (Closes: #896916)
   * Many improvements to autopkgtests. (Closes: 239825)
 .
   [ Jason Franklin ]
   * Allow for cloned-UID users in group member lists.
     Thanks to Daniel Heimann. (Closes: #701110)
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