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bin/45672: usr.sbin/user generates incorrect error messages
>Number: 45672
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: usr.sbin/user generates incorrect error messages
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 30 16:25:00 +0000 2011
>Originator: River Tarnell
>Release: NetBSD 5.1.0_PATCH
>Organization:
RT.UK.EU.ORG
>Environment:
System: NetBSD tamara.rt.uk.eu.org 5.1.0_PATCH NetBSD 5.1.0_PATCH (TAMARA) #2:
Thu Aug 4 18:30:08 UTC 2011
root%tamara.tcx.org.uk@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/TAMARA amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
usr.sbin/user/user.c contains this error handling code in asystem():
if ((ret = system(buf)) != 0) {
warn("Error running `%s'", buf);
}
This will print the errno value if system() returns >0, which is wrong, because
errno is not set in this case, so a junk error message will be output.
>How-To-Repeat:
Code inspection.
>Fix:
switch (ret = system(buf)) {
case 0: break;
case -1: warn("Error running `%s'", buf); break;
default: warnx("Error running `%s'", buf); break;
}
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