[lsb-discuss] [Bug 1429] New: desktop test pkg scripts should use full paths to sysadmin utils

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http://bugs.linuxbase.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429

           Summary: desktop test pkg scripts should use full paths to
                    sysadmin utils
           Product: Runtime Tests
           Version: 3.1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P1
         Component: lsb-desktop-test
        AssignedTo: lsb-test at freestandards.org
        ReportedBy: mats at freestandards.org
                CC: lsb-bugs at freestandards.org


the lsb-test-desktop preinstall and postuntinstall scripts call useradd, 
groupadd, userdel and groupdel. They should call them by full paths, the LSB 
already requires all four of these to be in /usr/sbin so it's safe to do so.  
This lets the scriptlets work even if $PATH isn't root's usual one, as would 
happen if you are running as a normal user and "su" to install the package 
(rather than "su -").  A recent install failed to create the test group/user 
for this reason, and there was no error message, so it was a surprise when five 
tests failed as a result.  

In general terms, the LSB specifies the full path to certain sysadmin utilities 
specifically so that scripts can avoid the problem just mentioned.

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