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[Dean <deanrather@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Repro is quite simple, place a file in `/etc/skel/` who's filename ends with the space character.
When running `adduser`, an error `No such file or directory` will be thrown.

Instructions:

	$ sudo touch  "/etc/skel/file-with-space "
	$ sudo adduser test

What I expected to happen:

- User to be created

What happened instead:

- Error thrown, user not created.

Example:

	$ sudo touch  "/etc/skel/file-with-space "
	$ sudo adduser test
	Adding user `test' ...
	Adding new group `test' (1001) ...
	Adding new user `test' (1001) with group `test' ...
	Creating home directory `/home/test' ...
	Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
	Stopped: open /etc/skel/./file-with-space : No such file or directory
	Removing directory `/home/test' ...
	Removing user `test' ...
	Removing group `test' ...
	groupdel: group 'test' does not exist
	adduser: `groupdel test' returned error code 6. Exiting.
	
	$ lsb_release -rd
	Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
	Release:	14.04
	
	$ apt-cache policy adduser 
	adduser:
	  Installed: 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
	  Candidate: 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
	  Version table:
	 *** 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3 0
	        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
	        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: adduser 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-46.77-generic 3.13.11-ckt15
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-46-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 28 09:22:23 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-06 (567 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: adduser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-03-08 (80 days ago)

** Affects: adduser (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: adduser amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  File in /etc/skel/ ending in Space causes adduser to fail

Status in adduser package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Repro is quite simple, place a file in `/etc/skel/` who's filename ends with the space character.
  When running `adduser`, an error `No such file or directory` will be thrown.

  Instructions:

  	$ sudo touch  "/etc/skel/file-with-space "
  	$ sudo adduser test

  What I expected to happen:

  - User to be created

  What happened instead:

  - Error thrown, user not created.

  Example:

  	$ sudo touch  "/etc/skel/file-with-space "
  	$ sudo adduser test
  	Adding user `test' ...
  	Adding new group `test' (1001) ...
  	Adding new user `test' (1001) with group `test' ...
  	Creating home directory `/home/test' ...
  	Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
  	Stopped: open /etc/skel/./file-with-space : No such file or directory
  	Removing directory `/home/test' ...
  	Removing user `test' ...
  	Removing group `test' ...
  	groupdel: group 'test' does not exist
  	adduser: `groupdel test' returned error code 6. Exiting.
  	
  	$ lsb_release -rd
  	Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
  	Release:	14.04
  	
  	$ apt-cache policy adduser 
  	adduser:
  	  Installed: 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
  	  Candidate: 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
  	  Version table:
  	 *** 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3 0
  	        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
  	        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: adduser 3.113+nmu3ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-46.77-generic 3.13.11-ckt15
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-46-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu May 28 09:22:23 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-06 (567 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: adduser
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-03-08 (80 days ago)

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