[SOLVED] Current64 : pam > 1.5.3 : namespace.init typo?

burdi01 · 05-24-2023, 04:29 AM

Current64 : the May 19 pam update to 1.5.3 brings a /etc/security/namespace.init.new that in my opinion contains a typo:

Code:

--- namespace.init	2020-05-16 21:44:36.000000000 +0200
+++ namespace.init.new	2023-05-19 20:53:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 cp -rT /etc/skel "$homedir"
                 chown -R "$user":"$gid" "$homedir"
                 mask=$(awk '/^UMASK/{gsub("#.*$", "", $2); print $2; exit}' /etc/login.defs)
-                mode=$(printf "%o" $((0777 & ~$mask)))
+                mode=$(printf "%o" $((0777 & ~mask)))
                 chmod ${mode:-700} "$homedir"
                 [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon -R "$homedir"
         fi

Note the ~$mask vs ~mask

Petri Kaukasoina · 05-24-2023, 05:40 AM

Variables occurring in an arithmetic expression $((...)) do not need $.

Code:

$ one=1; two=2; echo $((one+two))
3

burdi01 · 05-24-2023, 07:04 AM

So after some 30 years of using/administering unix/linux I learnt something new ...