grpck accepts a group named -x

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start at the grpck command implementation and read its existing tests for group-name validation. Reproduce the case with a group named -x, then add a regression test; done means grpck rejects it with exit code 2, matching the upstream behavior cited in the issue.

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Description

grpck accepts a group named -x, where upstream exits 2.

Reference: Ubuntu 26.04 passwd 1:4.17.4-2ubuntu3. shadow-rs: main at 92ac29b.

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