Debian bug report logs - #1023
adduser

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From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell)
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Package: adduser
Version: 1.94

If you add a user test, then add another user tes, test's entry in the
passwd file is changed to tes's.
Like this

tes:kL1MGSLh6WXdQ:106:100::/home/tes:/bin/bash
tes:kL1MGSLh6WXdQ:106:100::/home/tes:/bin/bash

I assume this occurs due to adduser doing something like a grep for
tes on the passwd file and changes the entries that match.

Andrew

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