net-snmp-config doesn't work without /bin/bash

Bug #104738 reported by Colm MacCarthaigh
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Net-SNMP
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
dash (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Declined for Hardy by Matthias Klose
net-snmp (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Hardy by Matthias Klose

Bug Description

Gutsy+Binary package hint: libsnmp-base
Feisty- Binary package hint: libsnmp9-dev

root@lux-master:/etc/snmp# net-snmp-config --create-snmpv3-user -ro -a "<censored>" venice
adding the following line to /var/lib/snmp/snmpd.conf:
   createUser venice MD5 "<censored>" DES
adding the following line to /usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf:
   rouser venice
shift: 485: can't shift that many

dash can't handle the number of shift in the shell script. Changing it to use /bin/bash makes it work fine :-)

Issue found on edgy,feisty, gutsy, and hardy

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) wrote :

This issue is still in feisty and prevents the creation of an snmpv3 user. This is the recommenced way to create SNMPv3 users. You need SNMPv3 users to use SNMPv3 so SNMPv3 is pretty much unusable by default.

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) wrote :
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package net-snmp - 5.4.1~dfsg-4ubuntu2

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net-snmp (5.4.1~dfsg-4ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * net-snmp-config: Use bash. LP: #104738.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:45:12 +0000

Changed in net-snmp:
status: New → Fix Released
Matthias Klose (doko)
Changed in dash:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) wrote :

Fixed in #1838427 on sf.net, but tracker is not being updated for some reason. Fix has made it back to Ubuntu as well. And it works just using /bin/sh

Changed in dash (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in netsnmp:
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: Unknown → New
status: New → Fix Released
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